3rd time's a charm....we hope!

Well, here we are again, for the last time I'm praying! I just had my ablation procedure done again yesterday, and I know that Micah posted a little yesterday. We dropped the kids off to our parents on Saturday, and so we had Sunday to prepare and spend some time together. Micah and I took advantage of the time and got massages, went out for sushi, and saw a movie :) I stayed up late so I could eat at midnight, and then we took off first thing in the morning. We arrived at our scheduled time, but had to wait an hour or so for a bed to open up. I guess they were pretty booked, but by the time I got called back and prepped they were able to take me straight away which was great. So I think I ended up going in for surgery about the same time as last time, maybe a bit earlier...so it all evened out!
The nurse originally tried to get my IV in through my burn scar-and that hurt! Micah thinks she got my nerve that runs right through there. I know now to request they avoid that area, and she had to put it in my other arm instead. I had a different fellow than last time (as you may remember I thought he was pretty rude and had no beside manner). This one was perfectly nice and everyone else remembered me from last time. The anesthesiologist I think tried to give me more drugs to get me to knock out, so I was more drowsy than last time, but still didn't fall asleep. Both the fellow and my doctor worked on me, and it seemed to go a little more smoothly. I remember them really talking about how careful they needed to be, and how they wanted to approach it another way to be sure to get it. I also remember them looking at another spot and saying it looked suspicious so they wanted to ablate that as well. Again, they weren't talking to me, so I was trying to pick up a little of what they were doing. I was in for a couple of hours and then they took me back to recovery.
The doctors had the nurses take out all the catheters they used, which was about 5-and had to apply a lot of pressure on them to prevent any bleeding (like what happened last time). That hurt a lot too, but they did a better job than the fellow last time because I didn't bleed! Because they had to up an artery, I had a longer bed rest time-6 hours instead of the original 4. I am experiencing a lot more pain/ache in my leg this time than I have before, and I'm thinking because they used an artery. The nurses gave me some morphine to help with the pain, but I had an adverse reaction to it, and it never took away the discomfort-so it kinda made things a little worse. I was so anxious to get out and lay in a normal bed so I could turn on my side and prop my leg a different way. Thankfully when I was finally allowed to get up around 10:30 I didn't bleed and was allowed to be discharged around 11:30.
Since it was so late we decided to stay the night in the area and leave for home in the morning. It was comforting to be close to the hospital in case anything happened, but good to be in a regular bed! I slept great, and my leg was feeling so much better. But as soon as I got up to go to the bathroom, it began to ache again. It's just a circulation issue, and we're keeping an eye on it. I've had good pulses all throughout and the nurses were aware of how I was feeling and they think I'll be fine, so we'll just watch it. I'm just going to really take it easy these next few days and get up when I need to. Micah's been incredible and very attentive. He's picking the boys up this afternoon, and thankfully he's on research this month so he can be home to help with them. I can't lift Devin for a week, so it's nice he can be home to help out. Our families have been so wonderful, and we're very grateful for all the help they have given us. We're thankful for all the prayers and kind words everyone has shared with us. We're praying that this time the surgery will be successful, and I'll be following up with my doctor here soon to check things out.
I know posts can be boring without any pictures, so we snapped a few :) Not to mention we were a little bored and antsy laying/sitting around all day.

Recovering-I wasn't even allowed to raise my head.

Just a few more hours...

Good and patient Micah :) He's been so wonderful through everything.

I love you baby!