SOML

I have to say that I am sick of being sick. Tired of the hospital stays and doctors. Tired of well wishers and concerned emails, texts, and phone calls. It's not that I don't appreciate them, it's that I am constantly having to remember all the drama of this pregnancy. I live it everyday.

FML

Everyone wants to know what the heck happened last week (4th-10th of September). So here you go! I had been in a sickle cell crisis since last Monday and on Wednesday the 7th  I finally went to the ER for what I assumed would be for a few hours of oxygen, fluids and pain medication. I had been in the ER about 4 weeks ago and since then the abdominal ultrasound showed that my spleen had grown 6cms which is the cause of my ridiculous pain. Long story short I was transferred to a Denver hospital and was told I'd need to have my spleen removed. They had the top people in sickle cell and high risk pregnancies at the university hospital for the state of Colorado and said now was the time to have it removed since I am in my 2nd trimester and there is a possibility my spleen will destroy valuable blood that the baby and I need.  How scary. I wasn't allowed food or drink (horrible that's all I could think about is food as baby kicked around in there) and was constant...