My name is Jennie. I'm a wife and a mother. I have been married to the man of my dreams, Trever, for 9 wonderful years. We have 5 beautiful daughters who fill our lives with joy and excitement. We just had our 6th child. Our son Caleb.

I was diagnosed with a rare condition called Placenta Accreta along with Placenta Previa. Accreta is a condition where the placenta attaches to the scar tissue in the uterus. It will often continue to grow to deeper tissue (increta) and even through the uterus attaching to other organs(percreta). I ended up having an 11 hour surgery, including a hystorectomy, and bladder repair. I received 7 units of blood and blood parts. (This is a lot of blood loss for my surgeons, but minimal blood loss to those who are not as experienced in these deliveries. I spent 36 hours in the ICU after surgery. I have also had many other complications afterwards including another minor surgery 2 weeks later. These complications are somewhat normal for the type of surgery I had.

I had a team of specialists doing my surgery. Obgyns, Gyno-oncologists, trauma surgeons, urologists and anesthesiologists. This team has specialized in techniques helping with minimal blood loss. Those with accreta , loose large amounts of blood because the placenta cannot detach naturally at delivery.

My goal is to help save women's lives by giving this terrible condition a voice. So many are ignorant to its fatal attack. Doctors and women alike, need to be educated about Accreta. Many have never even heard of it. The numbers are on the rise because of so many women choosing to have c-sections when it isn't necessary. Not all women can avoid it, but many can. Please help me give Accreta a voice, by sharing the information in this blog. (There are numerous posts with information on Accreta as well as the Accreta team who took such great care of me.)

Monday, February 4, 2013

Sweet comfort

I have mentioned a few times that I have had trouble getting decent rest. Lets be honest, these beds are built for convenience and easy clean up, not comfort. My hips, back and stomach have been getting more and more sore and stressed each day, resulting in more cramping and spotting. This morning I was wondering if things would be better at home than here. Because I have spotted every day here, and only once or twice a week at home. The longer I lay here the more sore I get, then the more spotting that comes.

I talked to the doctor today and low and behold, they have better mattresses for long term patients! It's a blow up egg carton type mattress. So far, a much better day. The true test will be tonight, but I think it's going to be a much better night.

I also talked to my insurance today. They only cover 25 days!! I panicked and talked to the nurse. There is no way I wanted insurance to pay for me to lay here for half of the time, then we cover the other half and massive surgery out of pocket. She talked to a case worker and she said there are ways around that. Especially with my critical condition. The case worker is going to come chat with me tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we won't be stuck with major bills! We will see more tomorrow.


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