I'm not sure where to start on this post...So I will just start from the beginning.
On Friday night I began having a headache. It felt very similar to headaches I get around that special time of the month. Usually I can take to Tylenol and sleep and I will feel better. But, when I woke up on Saturday I was so much worse. It was a pain that I can not explain. I have a very high pain tolerance and this headache put me in bed. Nothing was touching it. Around 6 PM Saturday night I asked Michael to take me to the ER. We went to a local urgent care/emergency place. They were really nice. The first round of pain meds they gave me didn't work. They decided that I needed a CAT scan to rule out anything significant. They came and gave me a very strong narcotic and almost instantly I was pain free for the first time in 24 hours. Before they took me to have the CAT scan they had me take a pregnancy test. The doctor wasn't too worried - I have an IUD, and they usually don't test women with IUD's but the scan tech really wanted one just to clear her mind. 5 minutes later all 3 nurses and the doctor were standing in our room telling us we were pregnant. To say I was in shock is an understatement. It took the doctor asking 3 times if I still wanted the CAT scan to realize I wasn't answering him out loud - just in my head. We went home, and I rested all day Sunday. I knew that becoming pregnant on an IUD is not safe for the baby or the momma and knew that I needed to be seen ASAP. So Monday I drove to Lufkin to see my OB/GYN. They did blood work and told me they would call me in the morning. I was starting to have weird pains in my chest and back and my head was still hurting and so I insisted on seeing my doctor that day. So at 4 I went back to Lufkin. Around 5 I finally saw my doctor. She came in and just hugged me. She was in such shock - as was I still. The IUD I have is 99.99% effective...so yea. She started the scan and couldn't find a baby. I made a comment about maybe only being a few weeks pregnant but she said that the pregnancy test they ran and my blood work told a different story - I was very pregnant. After about 5 minutes she found my little jelly bean - sadly hiding in my right fallopian tube. He measured 8 weeks - EIGHT WEEKS! I had been pregnant for 8 weeks and never knew. She kept asking if I was in any pain. Other than my head and the weird chest and back pain - no. Ectopic pregnancies are very dangerous and need to be taken care of as soon as they are found. So I headed straight from her office to the hospital. Calling Michael and telling him to hurry. Thankfully he made it in plenty of time. I had surgery around 8 PM Monday night. She had to remove part of my tube and my right ovary. We arrived home about 2AM Tuesday morning.
It has been a whirlwind of days. I'm home from work until at least the 14th. Recovery has been slow. I feel like I can get up and go - then I do and I am exhausted again. So I am taking it slow.
So many people have offered to help, and brought food, and prayed for us. We are so thankful for everyone and all the ways they have helped.
Park City Utah
4 years ago