21

lucky number 21, yup, today, they took out 21 little eggs. they told us after that about 12 were mature, a few were kind of mature and a few were immature. they told us though not to focus on the number of mature eggs, but they would call us tomorrow with what has fertilized and how many haven't. that i guess is the more important info.

everything went really well today. i took the valium they gave me last night, which helped with the jitters, and this morning i was relatively calm. i went in and they started an IV, on my bad wrist, it didn't flow to well, we kept having to adjust the angle, pull on the tubing etc, to have it actually flow. (i had an IV in there once before and afterward the vein was all lumpy and nasty)
they had me walk into the operating room, gave me some drugs and 20 minutes later it was done, not too painful, just the occasional pinch and pressure.

it has been about 7 hours since they did it, i have slept all afternoon and now i feel a little sore and bloaty, which they said was normal for the next few days.
but, all in all, things went really well and we are pleased with the outcome.

eli has been at dave and lisas all day (thanks a million!) cj was there with me, took a bunch of pictures, and then jetted off to work. i will post some pics later, as i am not at home right now (thanks mom for taking care of me!)

on other fronts, cj found out that a shot that he did for TIME a couple of weeks ago, is going to be the cover on monday, woo-hoo, cover #3. i guess the cover story they were working on stunk, so they shifted gears and went with cjs shot and cover story. it is a head shot of jared mclellan with items floating around his head, looks good.