Blasted Mobility

You might recall back in August that my husband got a vasectomy. Actually it was done on August 13th,  Friday the 13th (should have been our first clue). If you didn't get to read that delightful post, HERE it is. It was a day we all won't soon forget. So here we sit exactly five months later and I think we can officially consider it a "botched" vasectomy. No, I'm not pregnant thank the good Lord. You might need a brief history of "after vasectomy care" to understand why I might refer to it as botched.

1. Bubba goes and gets a vasectomy.
2. Two months later Bubba provides a "sample".
3. Lab uses microscopes to search for mobile swimmers.
4. Bubba gets an all clear from the doctor.
5. Bubba no longer has the ability to procreate.
6. Yippie! No more Bubba Jrs.

This is what we all thought would happen. A fairy tale ending to our reproductive life.

So Hubby provides the "sample" to the lab two months after the procedure. The nurse calls back with the news that there are 0-2 mobility. That means that in the sample provided there are still live swimmers. Ok. Bummer. She said come back in a month to provide another sample and in the mean time ejac evacuate as many swimmers as possible. November 13th rolls around, time for another sample. The nurse calls with the exact same news. 0-2 mobility. Said to try again next month.....and be sure to get out as many swimmers as possible. Hubby makes it his part time job to follow nurses rules on a daily basis (I'm a cool wife, but I'm not that cool). December came and went with the same results. This time nurse said that he'll have to talk to the doctor if another month has the same results. We're thinking exploratory scrotum surgery. Fun times!

So today was yet another sample day. The fourth sample. We were both a little anxious for the test results to say the least. The nurse called and said it was down to 0-1 mobility. She talked with the doctor and he said in rare cases it has taken up to a year to get a clean, non-mobility sample. *sigh* So he goes back with yet another sample in two months. This has been a frustrating experience and we will be oh so happy if and when it's over.

So far I'm not really an advocate for vasectomies.