Evil Gremlin

It has been a pretty awful week!  After my brain MRI, which I was worried about, and my pelvic ultrasound, which I wasn't, things...took a turn.  My OB/GYN called and told me a VERY large ovarian cyst with a suspicious nodule on it showed up on my ultrasound and so I had to go back and have a pelvic MRI.  So I pretty much freaked out.  She told me she "didn't think it was cancer at this time, but the MRI would rule that out." It was a very long 2 days after that MRI - but she called to tell me today that it is benign.  But it is SO GIANT that it HAS to come out...and soon.  I go meet with her Wednesday talk about the surgery and get it scheduled.  According to a doctor I work with, there probably isn't much left of that ovary, so I'm guessing it will be coming out as well.  I am hoping they just pop out the uterus that I'm not really using anymore while they're in there!  From what I've been told, it sounds like I will get The Big Slice and have a 6 week recovery time.  Oh, New Couch...I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship.

Much to Steve's chagrin, the cyst I have is apparently a tetranoma.  Otherwise known as the super creepy kind that can grow hair and teeth (and other stuff).  So I have been telling him I have an evil gremlin in my body and it freaks him the freak out.  After stress starving myself all week (awesome diet plan: convince yourself you're dying), I decided I wanted a celebration treat.
Me: I want to celebrate with a donut!
Steve: What kind of donut?
Me: Hmmm...let me ask the gremlin what it wants.
Steve: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP CALLING IT A GREMLIN.
Me: The gremlin doesn't like it when you are mean to me.  You wouldn't like the gremlin when it's angry.
Steve: Seriously. SERIOUSLY.  Stop.
Me: The gremlin wants a cream filled donut.
Steve: I hate you.

Oh, and in other news, my brain MRI was fine.  Life...amirite?

And, as usual, Steve was pretty much the best husband ever while I had a total meltdown.  He took awesome care of me, held my hand while I sobbed that Wm is too young to remember me, and came with me to my MRI.  And, he's getting the gremlin a cream filled donut tonight. And the SUPER BIGGEST THANK YOU to Jess, who made me feel so much better and was constantly there to talk me down off the ledge.  And to Suzanne for bringing cookies and Mousey and herself over to help get me through it.

In non-gremlin news, here is a cute picture of Wm I took while testing out the new camera functions of iOS7.

His new teeth are coming in!