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.)

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Out of Surgery

I'm out of surgery as doing pretty well. Actually I feel like crud, but thy say I am doing well. I guess it was more of a procedure than a surgery. They stuck the camera up into my urethera and found the stet that has squirmed it's way loose and was floating around without a care in the world. They pulled it out and put a new, clean one in. This one had better think twice about coming lose again. They also put some glue (kind of like that gunk you put in your tires to seal them up) into the hole in my bladder. I also have a different catheter in, that isn't so big at the tip. Hopefully this won't irritate it and cause more damage.

It's noon, and I'm already ready for this day to be over! I am emotionally drained. There have been a few, uh oh that's not good things, from one dr. But then they will ask the dr that is over that type of wound. They will say no that's to be expected. It's such a roller coaster of worry and peace. I'm glad they say those things, and they ask the specialists as well. I've just hit a point in the road where another bump my send my to the looney bin!

They said they are going to go ahead and discharge me.  Everything seems well enough. I'm not sure where we are going to go. Out hotel time (our dear in laws offered their points) is up. I was hoping for more information on when Caleb will possibly be discharged by this point, but not yet. Each day is so different that they most likely won't tell us until the day of, that its time to go home.

Going home seems so scary and foreign to me. It has been two months since I've been home. I'm so anxious to see everyone and jump back into life, but know that isn't good for my health. Which is why I wanted to stay here in Phoenix until I was healed and Caleb was out. I knew if I went home, it would be too easy to over do it and hurt myself. Between the travel and kids, and life etc... If I was away from it, then I didn't have to worry about it. Since Caleb could be in, at least another week or two, we have to budget wisely to stay for the most important stages, and just go home when he doesn't need me as much. So ill probably be home the next couple of days, then head back up here to stay.
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  1. UnknownMarch 13, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    I live in phoenix about 10 to 15 minutes from down town if you would like to rest or stay here. You are more then welcome. I will message you my info. If it would help we would be happy to do it. If not no worries you do what ever is best for you.

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  2. LoriMarch 13, 2013 at 3:50 PM

    You and Trever are sure made of strong stuff! This is a challenging time and you are doing great! You're in our thoughts and prayers for healing (physical and emotional), good medical care, and strength to carry on.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 13, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    We live in Phoenix and are going to leave out of town tomorrow afternoon till Saturday evening. You could house sit for us. We won't even be here. We live in Ahwahtukee around Ray and 48th st. Message me if you're interested.

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