The Men in My Life part 1

We went to the doctor again today. This time it was a follow up with PPA, my ob group. We met with the nurse practitioner this time. I was asking a few questions about recovery etc, and she said that she would ask Dr. Huls when he came in and then give me a call. He was speaking at a conference down the road. She left the room to go make a call to the wound care clinic to get me a referral for the open parts of my incision. Then all of a sudden, I heard a familiar voice. Trever said that when Dr. Huls walked into the room. My eyes lit up. I was so happy to see him! (No I am not attracted to him or anything like that.) These doctors have become dear friends to me the past two months. They took such good care of me in the hospital, and they literally saved my life.  They hold such a special place in my heart. I thought it was about time to talk about a few of the special men in my life these days.

The doctors- Dr. Huls is a doctor with Phoenix Parinatal Associates (PPA) he has become a huge Accreta specialist. He is amazing at what he does. He is a brilliant doctor. I always enjoyed when he visited. He would always come in with a big smile. He had great bedside manner. He would always answer my questions and ask if there was anything they could do for me. He performed my surgery. I'm so thankful that he does what he does. I am alive because of him.

Another PPA doctor that I adore, is Dr. Perlow. This sweet man was the first to sit with me and explain the surgery when I was admitted. We sat and chatted for a long time about everything going on. He also has great bedside manner and lights up the room with his sweet and happy personality. I told him I wanted to start a blog to get the word out. We talked about giving accreta a voice and how I could help them do that. He lined me up with the media team at the hospital. I will actually be working with them in the near future hopefully, to get the word out about accreta. He is so concerned about the women around the world who don't make it because of ignorance. accreta isn't a new thing unfortunately, but it is on the rise. I love just sitting and chatting with him. He doesn't know it, but really helped me out emotionally while I was in the hospital. Words cannot describe how much I love that man!

Dr. Clewell is another PPA dr who took good care of me. He was actually my admitting physician. Every time he would come in to talk to me, he would touch my leg or arm while I laid there in bed. As if to say, I'm here for ya. I can imagine some doctors are scared to touch their patients because of , well, you know. There are crazies out there.  But for the non creepy, genuinely gentle doctors out there, i love when they touch. It shows they care. I never doubted that Dr. Clewell genuinely cared about me. He was so good about making sure I understood the situation and checked on me often.

Dr. Lutter was a chief resident doctor for PPA. From what I understand he just finished or is about to finish his residency. He is the one that I honestly didn't like too much in the beginning. And the more I got to know him, the more grateful I was that he was so by the book. Sometimes he would jump the gun and do this test or that, just in case. It really bugged me. But I became so thankful for it by the end. He also performed my surgery. I would way rather a surgeon who was extra cautious then one who took risks. He was right there with me during surgery and helped save my life. Another reason why I am so thankful for him, is that he is the only one who talked to Trever during my surgery. He was in the hallway for a second when Trever saw him.(he was probably grabbing a quick bite to eat or something...11 hour surgery...) Trever asked how I was, he told him they were working on my bladder at that point. (thats about all he was able to say before he had to run off) It was comforting because, he was able to at least know I was alive. Though it was news to Trever that the bladder was involved, so it was also a stressful moment. I saw Dr. Luther almost daily. More than any other doctor. I am so thankful for him!

The other doctors- Dr. Detlefs (trauma surgeon) Dr. Borst (gynecology oncology) Dr hall (urology, my plumber) Dr. Malladi (anesthesia) and not sure who the interventional radiologist was. These men all saved my life. I am so grateful for them. I love and appreciate each one of them for the sacrifices they made for me. And to their wives for supporting them through the schooling etc.