I Just Don't Get It

I'm still reeling from yesterday's news. I don't/can't understand what happened or how it happened. How on earth did the loop containing our last precious embryos just fall out of it's cryo-vial? I just don't get it....

This is a similar type of loop and vial that our embryos were stored in. This was then placed into a holding straw that was then placed into the liquid nitrogen tank for transport. 



How it managed to "fall out" of the vial and end up in the bottom of the tank is a mystery. I've contacted the lab and doctor at our old clinic to see if there are able to shed any light on this but I suspect that we just won't have an answer. I'm not usually one for throwing a pity party but honestly, this has just about broken my spirit. 


We've yet to make a decision on what we are going to do. I just don't know....

Comments

  1. marwilFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    This is just unbelievable! Can you get compensation somehow.. I wonder who is taking responsibility, if any part. Ugh

    ReplyDelete
  2. SybilFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    How horrible! It looks to me the only way the loop could have come out of the vial is if the idiot that screwed the pin onto the vial did not screw it on properly. How else could it have happened? This looks like gross negligence on the part of the clinic (or whomever was responsible for packing your embies). I am so sorry.

    ReplyDelete
  3. waiting and wishingFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM

    Again, I'm SO sorry this happened. I thought about it all night last night and after seeing these images I'm with you... how the hell did that even happen?!?

    ReplyDelete
  4. AshleyFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    seriously universe, please give Janet a break! this is ridiculous. I can't believe this happened to you. I don't know what to say. You deserve more than a pity party.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ChickenpigFebruary 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    You definitely deserve more than a pity party. :(

    ReplyDelete
  6. newbieFebruary 23, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    It seems really bizarre that that would happen. So so sorry...
    I really hope you are able to transfer them anyway and it works!! You never know...

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    what I want to know is how they even found the embryos is the bottom of the tank when they are microscopic! This is so horrifying. I hate that you have to deal with this, it is total bullshit and somebody should be taking responsibility.

    ReplyDelete
  8. khariniFebruary 28, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    I cannot believe this!!! I've never heard of anything like this, this is just insanity!! So so so sorry.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

What are you thinking about? I'd love to hear what you have to say...

Popular posts from this blog

Keeping Secrets

Image
I've been keeping a secret. I'm not even going to make you wait. I'm just going to come out and say it. I really don't like when people say, "Hey, I have news" and then ramble on for fifteen minutes about how they didn't know how to tell you, and would you like the good news or the bad news first. I mean, if you don't know how to tell me, then maybe you should have thought about it a little bit more before you brought it up, because now I'm just sitting here waiting while you find the perfect words to share news that...let's be honest...probably doesn't impact me in the slightest. And as for the good news/bad news question? What do you think? If you're really asking, I'd rather not hear the bad news at all. Because who wants to hear bad news? Unless it's just "bad" relative to the good news, but not really all that bad in its own right, well then I guess I wouldn't mind hearing it. And I might like to hear it first...
Read more

Dilemma

Image
I’m having a bit of a dilemma. Which is putting it mildly. I am not sure whether to shut the factory down for good, or keep it chugging along in its pitiful, yet marginally functioning state. If things were normal, if *I* was normal (cue hysterical laughter here), then I might be happy to let things chug along as they were and see what happens. But things (my body and I) are far from normal and so I feel like I need to make a decision either way. Which really sucks and makes me feel a renewed sense of frustration, irritation and mourning for the sorry state of affairs of my reproductive bits. We recently had an appointment with our RE to discuss our options and see where we stand. It was great to touch base with Dr. L but as expected, nothing has really changed. My fertility has been on a fairly rapid decline and there's not much we can do to change that (FSH last tested at 20). It was good to hear that my tubes are open and that my uterus appears to be in good shape but despit...
Read more

Start Spreading The News...

Image
My trip to New York City was completely amazing but I'm not going to lie....the re-entry to life has been difficult this past two days. After 5 days away I thought I'd return refreshed and ready to jump back onto the work/life wagon...I was wrong. Is it Friday yet? The highlights of my trip were many. But first...I had a moment. When we made it to the hotel, the emotions that had been building the entire day and week came bursting out and I cried and cried. Oh, how I cried! Uncontrollable, sloppy, snotty bawling that pretty much claimed an entire box of tissues. You see, the morning that we left my period started...a full 5 days early. I was crushed. I was sure that this was THE cycle. My emotions got the better of me but I quickly re-grouped and a little voice chimed up saying, “Go splash water on your face and get out! Go and tackle your NYC bucket list head on” And tackle we did! In short, we took in two shows on Broadway, made a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, saw the Statue of...
Read more