Our midwife called back on Thursday and had some news for us. She said that Tim's semenalysis came back and it wasn't as bad as we'd imagined. Most people know Tim has a history of drug use (he has been clean now or 6 years! :) ) and so we we're kind of afraid that maybe he wouldn't be able to have kids. The lab results came back and they said that his numbers and the mobility is low but it's definitely not as bad as it could be. We'll take that as positive as we possibly can. She said we may need to redo the test in a few months and she might want to recommend him to a urologist to see if maybe there's something than can be fixed.
In the mean time our doctor in Cedar Rapids finally sent my file up and now I can start taking metformin. She has me taking 500mg twice daily. That is on top of the prenate and progesterone for 10 days each month. My hormones are on hype! Last time I took metformin I had crazy hot flashes and wasn't very pleasant to be around most of the time. This time, I'm a little more optimistic and I think things are going to go a little smoother.
At the end of February, Colton and I are going to Disney World for a few days with my Aunt and two of my cousins. We've decided to go ahead and wait to start clohmid until after the trip.
Off the medical subject.....
Our 1 year wedding anniversary was on Tuesday, December 7. (Yes we were married on Pearl Harbor Day) lol. We had pretty much a normal day. Tim had the day off of work but with finals this week, I couldn't miss class. So he got to have a few hours to himself at the house. While he was home he called the vet to check about Stoli still bleeding two weeks after the pups being born. The vet, of course, decided they wanted to see her right away. So, Tim, Colton, Stoli and I spent about an hour at the vet. They ran some blood work and determined that she's anemic. So, now we have to run her blood work again this Wednesday to see what's up. It is possible that she has hook worms because she is not keeping any weight on...but then again, who could keep weight on when they're feeding 9 babies?!?!? They also gave her some vitamins and so far, I think she's looking a bit better even just from that.
After the vet visit we went out to dinner at Lone Star which was a lot of fun. Generally, it's either Tim and I going out together or Colton and I because of Tim's work schedule. So it was really nice to get to go out as a family.
On Friday Sugar was finally adopted! The family came and met us at my parents house because ours is too noisy and crazy for a meet and great. The women were so nice and the little girl came in with her pig tails, coke bottle classes and three year old accent and said, "Awww Sugar! You're my puppy!" We are very excited for her, but at the same time we miss her already. I lost it when they left with her, but I have to remind myself that we did our job, we saved her from being euthanized and got her ready for her forever home. So it is definitely bittersweet.
Colton went to Minnesota with John to celebrate Christmas with that side of the family, so Tim and I had most of the weekend to ourselves. Which was especially nice because we were able to catch up on Christmas shopping. I finally have Colton almost done! Also, two of my nephews and my parents all done. Feels like a ton of weight off my shoulders, I didn't think we'd ever get done!
There was one hell of a storm here last night. Between the snow and 40 mph winds, somewhere around 4 am we lost power. It was soooo cold in our house it got down to 49* before the electricity was finally back on around 10:30 this morning.
So yes, it's been a crazy crazy week at our house! Now, I think I've put off my three final papers long enough...better get to it! Maybe I'll be able to get one paper done before I start supper.
Colton all bundled up in his new coat! ((Thanks Grandma!!))
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