Monday, February 18th. Outpatient. Procedure is scheduled for 2.5 hours, but they're unsure how long I'll be in recovery. (It is outpatient, though, so not longer than a few hours, obviously.) It is partly a laparoscopy, which means she'll be making an incision at my navel, but she will also be making incisions on both sides of my abdomen to insert her "tools" to perform the cyst removal and other exploratory procedures. I know this isn't major surgery, but I am still scared.

-Em

Thank you, everyone, for your comments, e-mails, and phone calls yesterday. It meant a lot to Drew and me to know so many of you care about us and were thinking about us on such a difficult day.

-Em