Here is the modified prayer letter that was sent out after surgery…
Surgery went well yesterday though taking a little longer then expected. They found stage 3 endometriosis (3/4: on different organs; bowels). Because of the severity of the endo they did not bother to remove any surgically. The next step is a drug called Lupron via injection…
Lupron: is a man-made form of a hormone that regulates many processes in the body. Leuprolide overstimulates the body’s own production of certain hormones, which causes that production to shut down temporarily. It reduces the amount of estrogen in women (essentially shutting down the reproductive system).
The doctor’s plan of action: They would like me on this drug for 3 months to remove the endometriosis (can’t survive without estrogen/progesterone). Then they would like to follow that up with clomid (a fertility drug, causing ovulation; release of multiple eggs. It is to jump-start your reproductive system into gear again after being shut off). Then get pregnant, which also naturally shuts off estrogen/progesterone production. Following pregnancy they would like me on birth control to further stop any endo from growing.
Where we are at: Thus far, and we will continue to pray, we feel going ahead with Lupron is the best option for us. I have no pain from the surgery itself. A few slight twinges here and there. I have been taking it easy. Pain from the gas they used in surgery to pump my belly so they had room to work has been bothersome; the gas must absorb into my system. It can be very painful at times, but I find just slowing down and ‘rebuking’ it to be the best medicine 
.
Pray against; pain in upper abdomen, chest, shoulder and neck. blood clots and discouragement!
This morning I awoke to a song being played over and over in my head; ‘don’t give up….don’t let go…you got a reason to live’. Then also received confirmation later via an email from Diane.
We need wisdom and direction. We are not yet comfortable with the clomid or the birth control options. God do you have another way? We also believe that these last few months of inner healing I have gone through have cut off the endo in its tracks. So, though the doctors believe it will grow back we believe that what was causing it has been severed and will not grow back once dissipated.
I have a follow-up appointment scheduled for the 28th along with the fertility specialist for the administration of the lupron…
PRAISE!: We love and appreciate you all. WE praise God for His goodness to us. He truly has perfect timing! We praise him for faithful Saints who cared for us and brought us dinner last night. So HELPFUL! We praise him that a few years ago when I was looking for a new doctor I was recommended mine and it just ‘so happens’ she specialized in the very thing I have just went in for…fertility and laparoscopies! Looking back we see the hand of God all over THIS SPECIFIC TIME.
Just a month or so ago He was telling us IT’S TIME! We are so glad to see the barriers break before us as we press forward. We also see how this past season of our life where He solidified in our minds, with no wavering that He was going to get us pregnant, has ushered us in to handling this diagnosis and the steps to follow. We are hopeful for a miracle and know that He is going to do it. So we look to Him and our miracle!
Love and Blessings,
~The Mortillaro’s
