Follow Up

I had my follow up appointment with Dr. H on Wednesday. They hadn't called with my results from my LEEP & it has been 2 weeks & 1 day, so I was a little stressed. Okay, a little stressed is an understatement. All morning on Wednesday I felt like I was going to throw up. I was so nervous. Mostly because I hadn't gotten my results, and because it seems like every time I go in there lately, or for the last few months, I get nothing but bad news. Thank goodness Richard was with me, or I would have been going even more crazy. Of course as we are waiting in the room they have the little display thing on the counter opened up to the cervical cancer one. I swear I was having a panic attack. Haha! So Dr. H comes in & says that everything looked good. So I asked what that means. He said the cells from the LEEP were consistent with the cell from the biopsy, which is good because it means they aren't any worse than they thought, and also they didn't get any worse in the time it took from getting to biopsy to doing the LEEP. He also said the margins were clear, which was the part  I was stressing about most, and that is REALLY good, because it means the bad cells don't go any deeper than what the burned off. So, I was stressing the heck out for NOTHING. Not that this whole thing isn't to be taken seriously. There is always a chance the cells could come back, but I am not even thinking of that right now. I am just thinking THANK GOD everything is looking good now. I think Richard & I were skipping back to the car like a couple of fruit loops. The first person I text when we left was my best friend. I know, I should have called my family first, but I knew she would 100% know how I feel. She is in vacation in Cali, and she still called me when she got the text. I LOVE her!! Then we went to get Aubry from Lee Ann(Richard's mom) and gave her the good news, then went to see my mom & did the same.  Then I texted everyone else to let them know. I have a very supportive family, and the greatest friends. I am happy I have them to go through this with. 


Our dog, Splinter, passed away I guess about 10 days ago. He had just stopped eating and gotten really lethargic. He was about 14 years old, so I guess it was about his time. It was really sad, because Richard was in the middle of his night shifts & we didn't have the money to take him down to the vet to be put to sleep. We tried to make him as comfortable as we could. The last day he didn't even pick his head up at all when I would go out to check on him, so then I decided to let Aubry go out and give him some love, and only then did he pop his head up & try to move around a bit. It was sad, but I am glad we got to have him with us for a couple of years.


Aubry 2 ant bites the other night & her whole foot & ankle are swollen. It's so sad! I'm thinking the big fire ants must have got her, because she's gotten bit by the small ants before & didn't have a reaction like this. We've been giving her benadryl & putting cream on the bites. And trying to keep ice on her foot, but getting a 2 year old to sit around for longer than 5 minutes is a joke! Hopefully the swelling goes down soon. I start freaking out about stuff like that because Richard is allergic to everything, and I am allergic to nothing, so I don't ever know what to expect.