I am sure that you all would be much more interested in hearing and seeing Finn…but unfortunately you’re stuck with me. 
After what seemed like forever I finally have a date scheduled to not only get my stint out (which was much easier in coming) AND the big news is as of Friday at 4:00 I will have my gall bladder removed next Friday (the 21st). It will be a great way to celebrate Finn turning 5 months old! It will be great to know that on that day (close to 4 months after I had pancreatitis) they will be removing the thing that will ensure that I will not have another episode of being in and out of the hospital for 3 months. I can’t even tell you how great that feels. I am just hanging onto my lucky stars for one more week and praying that I make it to Friday!
It was a very scary time when they wouldn’t give me any solid date or insurance about when they would remove my gall bladder. I felt so lucky every day that I didn’t have another pancreatitis attack because the longer I go with gall stones just sitting in wait in my gall bladder, the greater the chance they would get stuck again and I would go through the whole thing again. And that is a very scary thought when I feel like I barely made it through the first time.
On Monday I get my stint removed, so if you have any good thoughts left after all that have been sent out way, please send them on Monday and Friday because there can always be complications with going under and even the stint removal causing another pancreatitis.
I can’t even imagine how relieved I will feel when I am back at home on Saturday. Josh and I are planning a big celebration for that occasion (for so many that we missed while I was down and out) where we are going out to eat and I don’t have to worry about what I have to eat or drink (and let me assure I will be drinking)!!
It was very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel for awhile while I was really down (and I still have those days). I had little belief that something wouldn’t go wrong and I would back track. I have kept the food that I used when I had my feeding tube just in case I would need to get the feeding tube again (no use in buying food twice). So anyone who comes to our very messy house can see first hand how little I believed that I would make it out of this without further complications. Now I am just crossing my fingers until Friday and hoping my luck doesn’t run out.
Other great news…my blood clot is resolved so I am off coumadin and back to a less restrictive diet there as well. Like I said, just counting down the days and hoping that I can last until Friday!
