Anyone who knows me, even just a little bit knows of my friend Fogle (Ashley Schlatter). Her and I met in college and are Kappa Delta sisters! She has been on this road with me as well and knew that Mark and I were getting seriously discouraged the last few months. I kept telling her "Fogle..you have to find me a carrier" she lives in Wichita now so she has access to many friends through her junior league. Every time I would say it she would just look at me exasperated like I don't know what to do! I knew her little wheels were spinning, it's not like her to back down from a challenge. For some reason I just felt like if anyone could lead me in the right direction it would be her!
I was right! One morning I woke up and had an email from Fogle that said "hey you need to email this girl, she may know someone" one of her friends had a connection that connected us to our carrier!!!
We want to get a little farther into the process before we post pics of our GS and talk more about her, but I really feel like at this point I need to say something because without her openness, and caring heart none of this would be happening!
The first time we met our GS and her family it was so wonderful. I was nervous and felt like I was going on an interview!! They made us feel so welcome at peace. After all that we have been through I didn't let myself get to invested just yet, I thought oh my goodness surely it doesn't come together that easily! Well it did! Since then we have been talking a lot, sharing our days with each other and mostly talking about this process. I just don't think I can fully wrap my head around what they are doing for us.
I have moments throughout the day when sometimes I get really emotional thinking that there is a person willing to do this for us. It makes me believe more in the goodness of people than I ever have before.
We had a few hoops to jump through after we met, she had to get clearance from the clinic...that had been a major issue for us in the past but she passed with flying colors. We had to quickly get through all the legal paperwork, classes, testing etc so that we could start in this cycle. Everything went painlessly. We decided through this that Mark and I would do whatever is best for her and her family, and we have seen time and time again already them do the same for us.
I can't wait to share more of this person when the time is right! Honestly this has been difficult to write as I can't find words enough to describe my gratitude to her. It just seems like my words are truly not enough. She is truly a hero to our family already. I appreciate that her and I can talk as easily as we can right now. We both have acknowledged that there will be all sorts of emotions throughout the entire thing, and that there are some parts of this we just can't plan how we will react but we will just do the best that we can for each other.
One other person that I have to talk about, because I'm sure I will be talking a lot about her in the weeks to come is our nurse. I always tell her that she moves mountains daily. She is so much more than a nurse, she is a compassionate caring friend. She has made it possible for us to be in this cycle and genuinely cares about each of us. She works harder than anyone I know! Even myself! Yet she still cares about every detail of what we are about to go through and are going through. She is a big reason why we chose the clinic that we did. Her compassion too cannot be summed up in words.
I recieved my box of medicaitons...more on that to come! God is good all the time! Nicole
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