Tarzan was very happy that "H" contacted us (Erin his smile was a good smile), and he insisted I reply to her email right away. I wrote a very nice email that essentially said that we were so happy to hear from her, relieved that her cycles have returned to normal for her own health, told her about our failed DE cycle in July and that since that time we have been healing, as well as saving money. I told her about Tarzan's new job in Chicago and that we needed to see what kind of insurance he would get, but that then we would be making some decisions about doing another DE cycle with a new donor, or even looking at traditional surrogacy (Tarzan wanted to see if she would bite on the surrogacy option). She wrote back within 12 hours with a very nice note congratulating Tarzan on the new job and suggesting we ride the huge metal bull in downtown Chicago (haha). She also told us how sorry she was that the first cycle didn't work, but told us not to give up. Then she left us with this quote:
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we spend so much time looking at the closed door that we do not see the door that has been opened for us" (Helen Keller).
Do you see why I loved this girl so much the first time I met her? I wanted to adopt her! She's 22 now, almost 23, but she has a sweetness about her that makes her seem a lot younger - I honestly felt like she could be my daughter. Weird, I know. So now we wait until Tarzan starts his job and gets more detail on his insurance benefits. I looked at the benefits website they sent him, but it didn't have the details of what is covered under each medical plan....so we have to wait until he actually starts the job in mid November. However we are leaning towards at least having H tested at our clinic.
6 comments:
sounds promising, funny how she 'popped up again'. I loved the quote, so very, very true!
Also thanks for the book suggestion on my blog. G and i are so different somtimes i have not idea how we survived the last 6 years sometimes. I will fight to keep my marriage together, i could never take hime away from Nich!
You and your journey continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.
Love that quote. So special.
I haven't read this blog in a while so I started from the first post I missed and went from mad about your insurance to happy about Tarzan's job (but I already knew that and I'm super excited for you!) to tears in my eyes about this new possibility. It's quite an emotional roller coaster for me...I can't imagine how you're feeling!
I think of you so often, Kelly, and I truly think God has a wonderful plan for you and Tarzan. So excited for you and these new beginnings :)
I totally knew it was a good smile...that Tony! Following you and him it amazes me how much the two of you have been through together and I am thankful to be a part of it, if even only through my monitor!
And what a wise girl she is.
Yay! That is exciting! How sweet! I can't wait to hear about Tarzan's new insurance! I so hope that it has the right coverage for you! I just want you to be able to try again so much!!!!!!
Fingers crossed!
it's great you've always had good feelings about her. I think her writing to you as a really good sign.
Let's hope the insurance monster has a lot of this covered!!!
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