Slight Panic

Today was not my brightest of days.  As I was mixing my shots this morning, I accidentally put the medicine into the wrong bottle (put it back into the diluent) and wasted an entire vial of one drug that is quite pricey.  I found out that I could have actually used the vial with the extra diluent, but I had already tossed it into my Sharps container.  I don't know if you can even get those containers open, and if I did, would I be able to determine which vial had the extra medicine?  I compared my frustration to when I was breastfeeding Jacob and I would spill some of it out of the bottle.  It is like liquid gold.  You don't want to waste any of it.  To make matters worse, when I had refilled my prescription yesterday, they were only able to find 3 vials, and I had just wasted one.  Thankfully, they were able to courier the remaining vials today and I was able to pick them up when I was out at my appointment.  As it turns out, my doctor is decreasing my dosage, so I probably don't need all the refills I filled.  You just never know and you can't wait until the last minute to fill a prescription, because as I have learned on a few occasions, fertility medication can be hard to come by.  There was also an issue with how much I had been charged for one of my prescriptions yesterday.  A month ago, it was $174 cheaper!  That was a huge red flag for me.  I called my insurance company and they did some digging around and called back to say there was an error and the pharmacy owes me money.  I am waiting to hear back from the pharmacy to find out when I can pick up the refund.  I have been fortunate in that I found a local pharmacy that has been very helpful over the past year with filling my prescriptions.  They are now starting to recognize me when I walk in.  I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing...  I had also lost the token to get out of the parking ramp at my clinic somewhere in my car.  Thankfully, I had an extra one from weeks back when they were repairing the parking entrance.  I would have looked like a fool going back in to ask for another token.  My brain is not working so well today!

At my appointment today, I found that everything has been growing just as it should.  Estrogen levels are up, lining is good, and follicles are increasing in size.  My doctor was concerned with how high my estrogen level was today, which is why he decreased the medicine.  I understand it to mean that he doesn't want them to grow too large too quickly.  I go in on Saturday and we will see what they decide.  We have to leave the house early to drop Jake off at Joe's mom's house, which neither of us will be too excited about.  I owe a big thank you to our families who have been able to watch Jake as I am at appointments.  Jake even went to Joe's work on Tuesday and kept himself entertained watching a movie while Joe was at work.  Going through fertility treatments when you have another child has some challenges.  For obvious reasons, the clinic prefers you to not bring children to appointments.  Since we began this journey almost three years ago, Jake has only been to one appointment and that was very early on.  We have been very lucky to have the support of our families.