IVF Cycle II

Hurray. That is all. Hurray. Yesterday my blood work and sonogram results were good so I've started treatment at last. It took another early morning dash down to Mexico and back to find this out - the trip was well worth it!

The sun rising on a new day and new IVF attempt!

Dr Garza is in New York for conferences so a young female doctor (in training is my guess) was performing the tests. She looked like she was 18 although that's highly unlikely. Dr Garza's nurse, who is very matronly, watched over her shoulder and directed her during the sonogram. I loved seeing a more experienced nurse teaching a doctor - and the doctor being fine with it!

During the sonogram I saw three follicles on my left ovary and four to five on my right. Hopefully they all stick around and produce many nalla mottas.

The office waiting room was empty except for a few US patients. Some of them I've talked to online and it was fun meeting them face to face. Everyone has such individual stories but the struggle is the same.

On my way back across the border, I stopped at Garcia's and talked briefly with Eduardo, one of the salesmen, about the approaching caravan. We've heard rumors that the Matamoros city government is going to start shutting down businesses near the border to reduce problems when the caravan arrives. Some of Dr Garza's patients are very stressed about this so I was looking for information to share.

Eduardo couldn't tell me much. He did mention that he thought not all the people in the caravan were bad. As far as businesses being shut down, he hadn't heard anything.  There was a sort of cautious defensiveness in his voice.

I asked a US border agent what he knew and he didn't have anything concrete to share either. He did not have information on the border potentially shutting down -and he said we should just keep our ears to the ground.  He did, however, suggest that we follow Paloma For Trump, on Facebook, to stay informed.

Personally, nothing felt different or scary. It was easy to cross the bridge from both directions.

I saw a couple of interesting things on my drive. One was a fair that has sprung up right across from my Motel 6. And it had a ferris wheel. On closer inspection it might prove too rickety to actually try out though.

Also, driving through Driscoll, I saw a collection of fruit stands that we're selling locally produced fruit. They had a sign that read, "5 avocados for $2.00". So that was a neat deal that would be advantageous to collect on.

Anyway... I have five days of medication to take at home and my next appointment is on Wednesday. I'll probably drive down that morning. J will join me Thursday and will stay until Monday! So he'll have a nice vacation which is long over due AND we get to celebrate our anniversary together down South.

Onwards!