The best case scenario

Editors' note: Ryan is pinch hitting today for Ka.rey who is recovering from her surgery.

Good evening everyone! We are coming to you live from room 529 of the hospital. We are about three hours removed from learning the results of my wife's third surgery in two years. Praise God! We are so thankful to report that the news is as good as it could possibly be.

Judging from the mood of Ka.rey's last few posts, and I can also tell you from the forecast that she painted in the real world, she was quite sure that she was going to be spending tonight in utter despair after learning that the surgeon found some mysterious illness not previously discovered and of which there is no cure.

I have spent the last week trying to weed through her prognosis of gloom and doom to try and determine what would be the best case scenario and what would be the worst. Going into today my best hope was that Dr. L would come into the waiting room and inform me that Ka.rey had a cyst that she had to remove and that the ovary had to go with it. We had prepared ourselves for that inevitability, and we felt that as long as the left ovary could be saved we would be in good shape and thankful to God.

The worst case scenario was that both ovaries were in danger or needed to be removed and other issues existed as well. Perhaps endometriosis, adhesions or even worse. I was prepared for that and spent the entire time in the waiting room coming up with the right words to inform Ka.rey of the bad news. (Mind you, her "worst case scenario" went WAY beyond that)

Well here is the good news.. I didn't need that speech. In fact, I didn't even need to give her the news I considered to be the "best case." The results were much better than even that. She had two cysts on her right ovary - one was filled with fluid, while the other was an endometrioma. Not only was the ovary not removed, but Dr. L reported that Ka.rey was endo free, adhesion free, has clean tubes and two (as she described) "perfect ovaries." She actually seemed a bit sheepish when she said that she could have easily removed the cysts with a scope instead of opening her up. But it wasn't a total waste, because Kar.ey's scar was fixed.

She finished our brief consultation by saying, "We just need to figure out why she isn't getting pregnant."

So to say the least we are sending up prayers of thanksgiving. I remarked to Ka.rey when she first got back that it must have been hard for Our Lord to ignore the chorus of prayers that were sent his way. Thanks so much for the role you played and the support you have and will continue to provide.

Ka.rey is feeling great right now and we are excited to settle in with our favorite guilty pleasure B.ig Bro.the.r tonight!