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Here are some fun pics of Abbie and Wade

Abbie trying to go to bed:)

This picture cracks me up....seriously Wade, you look crazy!

Wade always has to have a toy next to him...when he's excited he carries two toys in his mouth at the same time...TALENT:)

Those are Wade's paws on Abbies head...Abbie is just looking at them like get your feet off me.

Look at the top of our fence to get a good idea how high Wade jumps to cath the frisbee. He's so good at it.

Wade in mid air

love this little guy!

My sweet girl Abbie!


Mario and I are heading to SanAntonio to see my mom and the rest of the family tomorrow! This will finish up the rest of our summer. Can't belive I have to go back to school next week! I will be ordering all my medicine next week so I won't have to worry about it when school gets started. So one more week to find superb deals:) Until next time.

Adventure of the Meds.

Yesterday after my Gifted and Talented training I spent the afternoon researching where I could find the cheapest medicine. Here are the meds that my insurance thankfully covers:
Lupron
Progesterone
Vivelle dot patch
Doxycycline
ASA

Here are the meds that my insurance does not cover and how much the first pharmacy quoted me:
Follisim 300iu  =  $277.98
Follistim 900iu (x2)=   $1,669.98
Menopur 75iu(x 10)=   $739.80
Ovidrel          =   $99.97

So, as you can see I'm on a desperate hunt to find Cheaper! Yesterday I made around $800 in "sales" but I am determined to do better! Remember how I told you I had a friend who was going through this at the same time as me? Well we talked for over an hour yesterday about all of it. It's so good to have someone to talk to who is going through it at the exact same time. I also emailed the nurse yesterday because some of the forums that I have been reading say that instead of Follistim you can take Gonal-f, which is cheaper. So I'm waiting back on an answer for that!  So for the next 4 weeks I will be a crazy woman calling specialty pharmacies ALL over the country. If you know of any please let me know!

What has Mario been up to?
-riding his bike (today he is racing)
-taking daily naps:)
-teaching Wade how to jump up in the air and catch the frisbee
-cleaning  the house (yes he's amazing!)

Consult with Kaufmann

This morning at 8 we had a consult with Dr. K to go over the whole process of IVF. We left early so we could stop and get some breakfast in downtown Fort Worth. It was Delicious. When we got to the office we were called back to the "conference" room. On our way to this room we passed this lady with tears flowing from her face:( So sad to think about what kind of news she just received. While waiting in the room I was flipping through the magazinge of the Best Fort Worth Doctors. I took a picture of Kaufmann's page but I'm not sure how to upload pics on here yet! I believe he has three older kids. I know that one of his sons is a 5th grade math teacher. Shout out. Kaufmann also has two younger kids which were conceived through IVF. I asked him today if he was the one who did her (his wife) egg retrieval...nope! He said he did everything else but that. The two younger kids were also in the picture with him. Mario thinks that Dr. K looks like Dr. Oz, you'll have to let me know what you think when I figure out how to get the picture on here:)

The first 15 minutes of our time with the doctor was spent talking about the tour de france. I just sat there and nodded my head:) I have no idea what's happening in the tour! Then he proceeded to tell us all about the process. I will need to call on day one of my next cyle so they can put me on birthcontrol. Sometime during these three weeks that I'm on the pill, I will need to go back in for a consult with the nurse. The nurse is going to explain all the medications and show me how to give myself shots. Then we will wait again for my next cycle so they can begin watching my eggs to determine when they are numerous and muture so we can schedule for the egg retrieval. On the day of the egg retrieval, I will be sedated for a short amount of time while they extract the eggs with a  needle. Don't worry, I hear that you're actually not in a lot of pain aferwards! When the eggs are retrieved, they are going to do a process called ICSI, which I found out today is another $1,700 ahhhhhhh! This process is where they take the sperm and the doctors implant it into the egg themselves. Not everyone has to have ICSI  but we will have to. Then it will be a waiting game to see how many embryos form. The doctor did tell us today that he would only put the two strongest egss in me. There will be a 60% chance of having twins. He also informed us that if we did not want twins, he would only put one egg in me and freeze the other for when we were ready for another child. This would be free of charge. So that being said, we will have lots of decisions to make. We will just have to take it one day at a time.

So what's going on for the next 4-5 weeks while we wait::::
SCHOOL STARTS back for me on Aug 4th and Aug 15th for Mario.
I will be on the phone with different pharmacies trying to find the best deals on all of this medication.
Going to SanAntonio to visit family.
Gifted and Talented Training (why do I always wait until last minute)

*Just FYI, the doctor wanted to warn me ahead of time that I WILL be gaining weight with all of this medication and that during the whole process I can NOT work out:( SO, when you see my lovies hanging over my jeans...dont' ask:):):) Thanks ahead of time!

* sorry about grammatical errors, not going to proof read and don't know how to use spell check either on this thing. Hope it makes sense!

Our life today

In 10 days Mario and I will have been married 5...yes I said FIVE years. Crazy. This last weekend I met one of my granny's friends who has been married 69 years! Now that's Crazy. How amazing is that? I told the guy, "Wow, my five years is nothing". We just laughed.

We attend Stonegate church in Midlothian which we feel very blessed to be apart of. They speak biblical truth and their aim is to show the application of the bible in all areas of life. On Sunday nights we meet with a group of amazing couples/singles our age who we can be completly honest and open with.

Abbie and Wade are our two sweet sweet dogs. Abbie is an American bulldog and Wade is a Pittador (Lab/Pit mix). They make us laugh, smile, frustrated, angry, happy all at the same time. An example of Angry and Frustrated would be:::: we walk in our house and find all of our neighbors movies chewed to pieces covering our living room floor. Thank you Wade. Other than seldom examples like this, they are great dogs. Abbie is 3 years old and weighs 54 pouunds and Wade is 7 1/2 months and weighs 60 pounds.

Abbie::  cuddler, licker, sleeper, runner.
Wade::  energetic, warter lover, food loving, runner, FUN.

I wanted to start this blog so family/friends could follow us as we start the process of IVF. This morning I met with a wonderful, godly woman named Laura Hobbs. She had IVF with their first child and then conceived her next two children without. She gave me some great advice as far as how the medicine might make me feel, how to get a great deal on medicine, and the timeline of everything. She gave me the name of this pharmacy in California where I can order all my medicine super cheap. They say that medicine is anywhere from $3,000 to $6,000. Laura got all her medicine for $300. This made me super excited. Mario and I have our first consult to strictly talk about the in vitro process tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes! I also found out today that a friend of mine will be going through the process at the same time as me. We can pump each other up as we give ourself our daily shots:( ugh!

Ways that you can be praying for us
-that through this all, we never forget that God is in control and knows what's best for us.
-that financially, we will make smart choices
-pray for Dr. Kaufmann and his staff