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 Bright and early, I had my surgery. I was nervous and excited about it.

It was so reassuring to have Jonathan with me until it was time to wheel me back into the operating room.

It was so hard for me to wake up from the anesthesia, but once again Jonathan was right there with me. He explained that there was no endometriosis anywhere. The doctor used dye and saw that my fallopian tubes were clear. Naturally there are mixed feelings about not finding anything wrong, but it's reassuring to know instead of wonder.

I did a lot of sleeping for the next few days, but I needed to be at an angle to help release all the excess air that was pumped into my abdomen. I'm glad that they warned me that I could experience shoulder pain from the surgery because it certainly came!

Now I'm up and walking around our neighborhood again!

Test Results

We've started getting some more information about all the blood tests. Most everything has been normal. My vitamin D levels are low so I've started taking supplements for that and my prolactin levels are too high. I had a second blood test to verify that my prolactin levels were too high and the result was the same. Thankfully, I looked up what could cause this and a common cause is a non-cancerous tumor on the pituitary gland. So when I got a call from my doctor's office, I was not surprised that I needed to get an MRI of my brain to see if that was the cause. It was a bit overwhelming to think that I might need brain surgery if there was a tumor, but I tried to focus on just figuring out what was going on.

It was a bit overwhelming having an MRI knowing that I had to be perfectly still, but it went well and I'm thankfully not claustrophobic! The results came back that there was no tumor! No additional surgeries for me! I'm still on the schedule for surgery at the end of the week to remove any endometriosis. 

Our Independence Day

We started our day with a nearby neighborhood fourth of July parade with friends from church. My favorite part is the lawn chair brigade. They do a routine with their chairs that is so funny and well done. It is so good!

To beat the heat, we went to the Inner Space Caverns in Georgetown. It was still a bit humid, but it was cooler which was nice.

No one knew the caverns were there until they were building the nearby freeway. They were checking to see if the ground was solid enough to build on and they kept hitting a hole, so they made a large enough hole to lower a guy down to see what was under them. He saw that it was a cave. They still built the freeway over the cave and every so often we could hear the cars above us.

There is an area with a lot of different bones of various animals that got stuck like horses, saber-tooth tigers, and even mammoths.

After the cave, we went into Georgetown and ate at 600 Degree Pizzeria. It was so good and Georgetown is such a cute town. I could definitely see us living there one day!

Before it was too late, we checked in on Woogy.

It was a great day to spend together and celebrate our country!