RetroPost: And the years go by...

{Saved from Xanga} And here I am again a year and a little bit later. So much has happened. Last July, I almost died. Three years earlier, my appendix ruptured and nobody caught it. My body retaliated by creating a tumor around it that spread to my colon and small intestine. That tumor saved my life when my appendix finally burst. I spent almost a week in intense pain, going from doctor to doctor until we convinced someone to run some bigger tests that blood and urine (which weren't showing anything). After an emergency CT scan, I had extensive surgery and lost a good part of my digestive system. I spent my 23rd birthday in the hospital, learning how to walk again. HOWEVER! This experience was not ALL bad (even after going into shock from the pain and suffering post traumatic stress...). I learned three very important things: 1- Billy and I are soulmates 2- Life is NOT to be taken for granted EVER and 3- You can heal from pretty much anything in six weeks. The six week thing is still with me at this very moment and will be for the rest of my life. Six weeks after surgery, I got pregnant!!! Our little miracle baby, Keiren, will be born anytime between now and June 4. I'm scheduled for an induction on the 4th and I can't wait to meet her. Or him, I guess. They say "girl" but you never know. This little one was very very meant to be. Everything aligned exactly to have her come about. 1. It all started last May actually when we scheduled our anniversary trip to Disney World. I ever so briefly held a job where someone else was taking a vacation in September and I procrastinated in booking the trip until I knew for sure we could take it. By the time I got the OK, our actual anniversary date was filled and we had to take the trip earlier in the month. 2. After six years on the same birth control pills, the health nurse was issued a different brand by the state. Because of this they had a shortage and could only give me two packs. I made an appointment for July 26 to get a refill. I never got to that appointment because I was dying. 3. I almost died. When you look death in the face and your doctor is saying he's almost positive you have cancer, you start to think about what's really important. Billy sat by my bedside, stroking my hair with tears in his eyes talking about how I had to pull through because of all the things we still needed to do together. I remember him saying, "We have to start a family together" and me murmuring "sooner than later" 4. I was told I would be as healed as I was going to get in six weeks. This lined up EXACTLY with the planned Disney World trip. We asked if that would be OK and we got the go-ahead. Since recovery really really sucked, getting more birth control was the last thing on our mind. By the time our trip rolled around and we started to want to make love again, it was too late to make an appointment. We got some condoms and went on our merry way. 5. The first day in the Magic Kingdom, we snuggled at the base of the castle watching the fireworks as they played music and talked about magic and dreams coming true. When the show was over, we turned to each other and saw that we both had tears running down our faces. Afterwards, we went to the Hall of Presidents and just held each other for a long long time, both knowing our lives were about to change forever. When we got back to the hotel Billy was the one to say "I want to start a family with you" but we were both in agreement. We made sweet sweet love through the night and then staying up giggling. Little did we know... Trying to start a family was not a tough thing for us. We got it done on the first try. ^_^ So now I sit here with my big pregnant belly waiting not so patiently for our baby to arrive. I'm scared to death about being induced and giving birth and being a mom but I know this is the exact right thing for us. I will indeed miss being just us. I can't believe my pregnancy went so quickly. I'm so in love with this little person inside me.