Mayo day 2: Finding Hope

Mayo Day 2 is the one where we went for the class, January 3, 2011. This time we knew where we were going but we still left 2.75 hours before we had to be there. We wanted to be early! Half way down it started snowing. Oh goodness! We weren't worried about getting there, but we were a little worried about the roads going home. We arrived 30 minutes early and sat near the waterfall again, on the bottom floor of the Charlton building. This time we knew we were only 3-4 minutes from checking in at the infertility desk 3-A. Around 2:05 we walked to the 1st floor and got in the elevator that led us to the third floor. I was worried about checking in without an appointment card because we hadn't picked up our mail from being on vacation yet. But the lady didn't say a word about that, she just checked me in! We sat for a few minutes and they came to get us. The class was us and the nurse. We were ushered into a room similar to the room we were in on our first visit. When the nurse walked in she had a black binder...she asked if we had one yet and I said no. She gave us the one she had...full of information we would need in the next few weeks! She went through the binder, not every page, but the important stuff. Then she pulled out the shots with a skin colored pin cushion. She demonstrated how to mix the first shot and then how to give it to myself. Then she let me practice. It was sort of weird, because I imagine putting a needle into a pin cushion is nothing compared to my stomach!! But it was still nice to practice. She gave us all the numbers we would need to get a hold of them at any time. She gave us instructions for day 1! She gave us prescriptions for everything we would need in the next few weeks. There are 4 of prescriptions, clomid (a pill), fertility shot, other shot (can't remember what this does) and progesterone to take after the procedure for several weeks...these people think of everything! Some of these prescriptions are scary, some we've taken before. There is a page in our binder on how to be stress free! We are working on that! We are trying to create a tropical oasis in our apartment...or some kind of peaceful and calming oasis!
We left the Charlton building and infertility corner that day feeling hopeful. So hopeful. As we were taking pictures outside we were struck with the thought about how people go to Mayo in search of hope. Standing outside of the Charlton Building I thought to myself that the name should be changed to the Hope Building. Because inside hope, at least for us, is found. It runs deep. It runs wide. It runs over us and around us. It washes us in something that we haven't felt for three years. God has brought us to this time and place, we believe, we hope. What about fear? On this day we only had hope. There was no room for fear. We needed to believe and we needed to hope. So we celebrated with campfire mocha's from Caribou Coffee right across the street from the Charlton Building! We are writing about this day because it is another step in our infertility journey. And though we don't know for sure what the future holds we are begging God to be with us and to help us. We also ask for your prayers and your hope. Thanks for being a part of our journey.