Retrieval Day

Well it is John writing this one. Jess is in bed and sleeping alot from the meds, so sorry it will be a short one. She went back for the retrieval around 8:45 and was back by 9. She laid down and she started crying in pain from her right side, that is the side that had the most follicles. But i got her nurse and she gave her some pain meds. Within 10 min jess was kinda her self worrying about how everything went. But the Dr. came in and said out of 17 follicles they got 11 eggs, so that is great. She said to call tomorrow and see how they are doing and how many fertilized. So that is about it. Everything went amazing and we know it is all in God's hands from the start. We thank everyone for the support and prayers. We are just going to stay in and order in pizza per request of jess. Anyway she will post tomorrow some pics of the inside of the clinic.

our day

me walking down from the castle

johns giant snowball

the castle

the snowball john threw...

at me

Yesterday we decided to visit another mall they have here its much bigger then the one we have been going to. Olympia had a movie theater so we saw It's Complicated with Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, and Steven Martin. I thought it was a good movie kinda long though. When you pay for your tickets they give you an assigned seat which we thought was weird. But the movie was in English with Czech subtitles it was so nice to her our language and it made us feel like we were back at home. On the way home we stopped at KFC for dinner I was shocked that they dont have chicken breasts here only chicken fingers so I was sad about that. The chicken breast is my favorite part of the chicken. My surgery is tomorrow morning at 8am I m feeling kind of nervous but somewhat excited. I have never had surgery so I dont know what its going to be like. But I know that God is with me and he will help calm my nerves and give me strength.

Spilberk Castle

Brno from the top of the castle

Brno

Spilberk Castle

Inside the courtyard of the castle

us with the city as our background

Today we woke up to snow showers it was coming down pretty hard up until lunch time. John and I decide we would spend most of our day at the Spilberk Castle. Its huge and sits on top of a steep hill. The castle was built in the mid 13th century by King Premysl Otakar II.

It was good exercise for us to climb up the hill and it was not easy with 8 inches of snow. We walked around and saw the city from different views. The castle is closed during the winter time so we couldnt go in and see the museum. After taking in all of the beautiful views we played in the snow and had a snowball fight.

Afterwards we went and visited the chocolate shop again cause it so good and I love chocolate. For dinner we ate Chinese food. It was pretty good its not as greasy like back home. We ate gelati again its so good and low in fat so thats a plus.

That was pretty much our day filled with lots of walking and climbing, will see what tomorrow brings.

more pictures

I thought this was different 3 hens on top of the roof

view of the city

Capuchin Monastery

The top of the old town hall

shops in the downtown area

our afternoon

Inside of the cathedral

Petrov (Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul)

me at the little park by our apartment

Us at Starobrno trying to decide what to eat yesterday

We had a great afternoon. We went to the mall and while we were there we had some gelati its like ice cream but softer. Then we went and visited the Petrov its the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. Dinner was good at the pizza place and afterwards we went to the grocery store to get fresh fruits and bread. It seems like the days just fly by so fast. It gets dark early (its 6pm) here so we are now back at the apartment relaxing after a of walking.

great news

We had our second ultrasound appointment this morning and I now have 7 follicles in my left ovary and 10 in my right ovary The follicle sizes range now from 15cm to 16cm and they need to be at 18cm, so I have to keep taking my shots. And the shots make me feel tired and crampy.
I m so excited. The doctor also told us that my egg retrieval date is this Sunday at 8:ooam(which is 2 am your time) and the embryo transfer will be on Friday Feb. 5th. We cant wait to get the process started.
Yesterday we went out to lunch with the couple from Denver and had some yummy food at Starobrno. I had chicken, spinach, and noodles covered in a cream sauce and John had fish and chips. It was very good so we will coming back to eat there. After lunch we went to a bakery and a chocolate shop it smelled so good in there. We bought a couple of yummy pastries and a variety of chocolates. Later on I got a two hour massage from Henry and it only cost $50 and he comes to your home and does the massage. He also did a hot stone massage which was my favorite part. It was just what I needed. I m so relaxed. Henry was very good I would definitely recommend him if you ever visit Brno.
Now we are going to visit the mall and do some more walking in downtown Brno. We are going to eat lunch here in the apartment and for dinner there is a pizza place in town that we want to try its Pizza Colosseum(sp?). More to come later

pictures

our bedroom

the kitchen

living room/dining room

our dinner which was Indian food

The local grocery store