We so wish we could tell you that we will be in Lviv (Ukraine) at the end of this month… but we can’t. Miriam had another ultrasound done this week and because there is a new big cyst again, our doctor told us that Miriam still has a VERY high risk of another ovarian torsion and requiring surgery as she did before. Our doctor recommends no travel until these "settle down" because of the risk of an emergency surgery and the possibility of losing her only ovary.
It is very disappointing for us. We have been praying for Miriam’s body to stop making these cysts and many other people have been praying for her too. But we know that even “no” or “wait” are God’s answers. It is just hard to be so out of control! We packed to come to Minnesota for four winter weeks and it is almost summer and we are still here…
But in a way we are praising God for the ultrasound results because on Monday the radiologist who did the reading made a mistake and instead of telling us that the cyst from April is almost gone and there is a new one, he thought the one cyst keeps growing and growing. And that made him write in that report that maybe it is not just a cyst, maybe it is a tumor. So we were told we had to go see a specialist and everything… But because Miriam talked to the technician when she had her ultrasound done and the technician explained everything to her correctly, we thought the radiologist was probably wrong. But our doctor only had the radiologist’s report and said that we had to go by that. But we kept asking if the radiologist could go over both the April and May ultrasounds again. So our doctor agreed to call him the next day. The reading was redone and the final result is that it is just cysts (nothing more serious) because the one from last month is almost gone but there is a new one… So even though it is hard for us to wait for Miriam’s body to slow down and stop making those cysts, it is good to know it is just cysts.
But as for happier moments this past month. We celebrated four years since our first date and Tomasz celebrated his birthday.
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