Ascites...... What?!?!?

This is pronounced uh - sahy - teez which is that latest thing to put me back in the hospital, and yes you read that right, back in the hospital! So you know I have had my gall bladder out, well ,I just never could get better, in fact I kept getting worse so much so that I was in more pain than the whole gall bladder attack ever gave me. I called the surgeon on Tuesday last week to tell him something was really wrong, I keep feeling worse and worse, he says okay lets get a scan done of the surgery site maybe you have a bile leak from the gall bladder being taken out, well that was not the case, after what seemed like a few hundred tests, scans and ultrasounds they found a whole lot of fluid on my abdomen, which is called ascites. They drained 4 plus liters of this fluid off of me and it felt like I had been living with a house on top of me once they took it off. I was in the hospital for 3 days and two nights, I missed Abby and Adam so much! They still don't know why the fluid build up happened, I will have a follow - up ultra sound this week to make sure things are as they should be. Please pray this is the last of my medical mysteries for a really long time and that I will continue to heal and get my strength back.

The one thing I know for sure is that God is good and he has been with me for the last 3 weeks, I don't know why I have had to deal with all of this but I know it has brought me to a new level with God and given me a re-newed appreciation for my family. I realized that I have the most amazing husband who can take care of our daughter and be at the hospital with me at the same time, he can do mid-night feedings, clean bottles, wash baby clothes and meet with the doctors to see what is wrong with me. I am Thanking God everyday for Adam and Abby and the family we are becoming, I Love them more than anything and I am learning that God loves us more than we know.

I really appreciate all of you who have prayed, watched Abby, brought over food, and just called to say HI! Our South Carolina family has really stepped up for us and we could not have done it without you!