Not gonna lie...this update is a little long...

The last blog post left off with my toxic liver. So at the beginning of July we started the plan. The plan included a new food plan and a bunch of nutritional medicines. The point of the food plan was to detox my liver and give it break from processing the crap. I know that detox sounds super trendy, but the reality of it is is that my liver was on overload from the crap of my body. And in order to get rid of the crap, I had to do two steps. One was to take the nutritional medicines, which are like vitamins except whole foods, so it's like crushed up brussel sprouts in a pill form. The point of this was to help heal my liver as it was getting rid of the toxins. The food plan portion was to give my liver a break from processing the crap.

Mike, being as awesome as he is, agreed to do whatever I had to do. So we embarked on the new food plan journey together. No refined sugar, no dairy, and no carbs. At the end of a month I was supposed to have some tests done to compare my beginning results to the end ones. Well...my doctor friend from Iowa and I had some issues getting my blood results across state lines. I literally tried everything. I won't bore you with the hairy details...but they included many phone calls to insurance company, random doctors office, my OB/GYN, my specialist, and a past doctor I'd seen before. All told me the same thing...they didn't want to be the "satellite" doctor. They didn't want to partner up with genius doctor friend at all because they don't really see the point of doing all these tests for miscarriages. So for several weeks I tried and tried...nothin, nada. We were so super frustrated and had no idea where to go next. So we prayed that God would provide the right steps and show them to us. And just like always...He came through...in an unbelievable way.

I kept searching for doctors like my doctor friend here in Florida. And I stumbled upon one we had seen sometime before, but had no need to switch doctors at that point so we passed it up. I went back to an option I had seen before and didn't need at the time called Everything Well. They sounded perfect! The doctor was a functional medicine doctor like genius doctor friend. So I gave them a call up and had a conversation with the patient care coordinator...the fabulous Polly. We chatted and set up an appointment during lunch to chat with Dr. V. Mike and I were super excited...it sounded like everything we had been waiting for. So we waited for our phone call appointment the following week with the doctor. The conversation was amazing...he was warm and kind....he understood...he wanted to help. After a conversation about what was going on, I found myself answering questions more related to how Mike and I were handling the hardships of multiple miscarriages. I found myself discussing the mottos that Mike and I have held fast to this whole time. The two fundatmental things...1) we will not let this define who we are...we will not allow the miscarriages or the process of finding out how to have kids define who we are. We are still Mike and Kelly who have been together for more than 5 years, have a blast laughing together, love each other unbelievably much, and love travelling and friends. We are NOT just Mike and Kelly who have been trying for 2 years to hang onto our babies, or Mike and Kelly who have been pursuing tirelessly the options ahead of them for a family. We do not allow this to define us. And 2) we are strong in this situation because of our God and nothing else. Our marriage has flourished during this time because of Christ and his unfailing love for us and trusting the plan He has for us. And this where it gets super awesome. He goes to our church!!!!! He has been going there since it first started!!!!! And the fabulous Polly...she goes there too!!!!! At the end of the conversation he prayed with us!!!! NO lie! I couldn't make this crap up! The following Sunday we found him and met him and he hugged us like old friends and said he was going to help us. And that is how we found our new fabulous doctor!

He gave me orders to go have my blood taken to compare to the results from genius doctor friend and another kit to test my hormones through my spit. I did both of those around labor day and now we just wait for the results. They should be ready sometime next week! And then we'll go in and talk to him and see what's next. What he suspects and what I think i know...is that I have a gluten sensitivity as well as some sort of auto-immune problem! We have continued to eat healthy according to the plan for the most part. No gluten at all, limited amounts of dairy, and no refined sugars. And I LOVE it! I feel great! When I do eat anything with gluten in it my stomach blows up like a balloon and I burp constantly. It's pretty attractive i know. HA! We'll continue to eat this way. I've learned all kinds of new ways to cook and eat. Mike is putting up with it...even though he says he puts up with a lot of my "greenness". We like being healthy and taking care of ourselves...not just FOR ourselves, but for each other and for our future grandkids and our families. It's a lot easier to make the right choice in health..when you think of it as affecting more people than just yourself.

And that's the latest update. Hopefully I'll have some more updates about our progress in another week or so!