Mom and I arrived in Mankato, MN Wednesday to go to the Mayo Clinic. Rochester is where the main hospital is (where we were in January), but Mankato has the specialty women's hospital. It is a teeny tiny city with not much of anything, but it is very quaint. All of the people we've asked for directions will say something is "way across town" and "really far away". Each time we have discovered that simply means 2-3 miles tops haha.
We left the hotel at 6 this morning and checked into the hospital. My doctor, casually known as "Doc" came in this morning and explained everything one more time and let me ask more questions to make me feel at ease. The greatest thing is I felt a great sense of peace the entire time before going in. I was not anxious and I knew God was giving me a peace that passes all understanding. These are my poor arms. I have awesome veins, but they don't seem to cooperate on surgery days. So I ended up getting poked and prodded a little too much. I don't know which took longer....getting all of my hair in the hair net or getting the IV in :)
The surgery started around 7:30 AM and lasted a couple of hours. I had two amazing head surgeons, lots of other doctors, AND the Davinci robot. The robot helped a ton. It was able to get in small places that a regular scope couldn't see or get to. Just as I thought (and felt) most of the endometriosis was growing all over my colon. It felt like a boa constrictor had wrapped itself around my colon and wouldn't let go. They also removed it from my uterus and ovaries. The good news is that everything looked structurally good. (Just covered in lesions haha) When I woke up, Doc came in and gave me a run down of everything they did....he also showed me a bunch of pictures he took. LOVE seeing those! This is my amazing doctor.... like a grandfather I just want to hug all the time.
Tonight I got up and walked around a little bit. I am on the maternity hall so of course I took a walk straight to the baby nursery. There are the cutest, tiniest babies in there.
So as for outcomes....They got ALL of the endometriosis that was in there. I should start feeling a lot better once my body starts to heal. It will eventually grow back, but this bought me a lot of time. I cannot thank everyone enough for all of the prayers, messages, and phone calls. You have no idea how much it means to me. It helps me to keep a positive attitude and to know that I have some awesome prayer warriors. God has truly blessed me through all of these hard times. I couldn't do any of this without my mom. She said when she walked in the recovery room the doctor said, "Look who I found" and I said "My best friend!!!" My mom just melted. We don't know yet when they will discharge me from the hospital or when we will come home, but I will keep you posted! Though I don't always agree with or understand God's plans for me I try to remind myself of Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
