TESE

On July 22nd, 2019 Allyn had his TESE (testicular sperm extraction. He was put completely under general anesthesia and went in hoping they were able to get a specimen. Our embryologist from UT Health also was in the operating room where they would look at the specimen, make sure sperm were present, they had good mobility and that there was enough. Dr Case, our reproductive urologist told us it could take anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours. We said goodbye and they wheeled him back. After about 30 minutes, the doctor came out to talk to me and informed me they were able to get a part of his tubule and the embryologist confirmed it was plenty but that our clinic would call us with the exact numbers. I was able to go back and see Allyn which surprisingly he felt okay.  Although he was very black and blue. The next day couldn’t come fast enough! I called the clinic requesting the results. They told me they got 4 tubes or approximately 500,000 sperm! We were so excited! One hurdle down only 20 more to go!