Praise God!

I wasn't going to post this, but I am just so overjoyed at how good God is and wanted to share my praise for Him with you all! Without going into too many details, I am going in for a type of surgery called a hysteroscopy in a few weeks. (Once I know the exact date I will let you know. I am a bit nervous and could really use the prayers.) I have been diagnosed with a bicornuate uterus, a cyst on my left ovary, a thickened endometrium (sp?), possible complications from prior hemorrhage, possible polyps, and a host of other things. My hormone levels are showing that I am post menopausal, which is 100% not true. (I actually wish it was true.) They cannot figure out what is going on, so they are going to do some surgery to see what they can find. They will be doing a biopsy at the same time to rule out cancer.

The reason that I am happy is because over the past few weeks I have had a number of people including medical doctors, nurses, ultrasound techs, and others tell me that, medically speaking, I was lucky to be able to 1. get pregnant, 2. be able to remain pregnant, and 3. deliver both of my children alive. Apparently someone with my "birth defects" as I read on one website, has a very low chance of getting pregnant at all. Then once pregnant, it would have been likely that I would have miscarried anytime during my pregnancy. I am praising our AWESOME Lord because it was not luck that I had no problems getting pregnant either time, carried them both to (almost) full term, and they were both born perfectly healthy! God's hands were all over me and our precious little ones! Every child is a miracle, but for me, Ryan and Hannah will always be a reminder of just how amazing our God is and that he is still in the business of performing miracles. It has been my dream since I was a little girl to marry a wonderful man and to have two children (one boy and one girl.) The Lord, knowing the desires of my heart, blessed me with both!

I will keep you posted on my surgery date and the findings, but in the meantime please share in the joy, grace, and blessings of our wondrous God! He is sooo good! *Ü*

Edited to add: My surgery date is scheduled for Friday, August 7th at 7am.