Denver Day 6 - Egg Retrieval

Today went perfectly! We were to the clinic at 6:10 am for Wayne’s sample, and although we still had a low sperm count, the lab said that it was much better than last week and that Wayne would not need surgery to retrieve a sample. This meant that we could go home and take a nap before egg retrieval.

Back to the clinic at 11:00 and into the OR at noon, the doctor did a great job. We ended up with one dozen beautiful eggs. After an hour in the recovery room, we were back out the door and off to the Chick-Fil-A, my favorite, for a late lunch. This afternoon the lab will do their magic, using a special microscope that magnifies sperm 400 times; they will pick the very best looking little guys and carefully inject them into our eggs. Tomorrow we will receive a report from the lab letting us know how many of the eggs fertilize, then we once again play the waiting game as our little embryos will spend the next three to five days growing in an incubator waiting to be placed back into their awaiting home.
We look forward to going to the zoo tomorrow and to the botanical gardens on Friday as we try to quickly pass the time. Thank you for your on-going thoughts, comments and calls. We really appreciate it!