On Saturday I ran a load of laundry and then went to run some errands. When I came back, I stepped in a puddle of water right inside my laundry room door (near the family room). Upon further inspection, I noticed our bathroom floor was also covered in water and the hardwood b/w the bathroom and laundry room was seaping water when I pressed on it. I immediately thought my washing machine had given up on me and had my dad come over. He couldn't find anything wrong with it and we shop vac-ed up the water. Dad unplugged the washing machine and disconnected the water supply. I called Lakeside Appliance and scheduled a person to come out this morning. Then I noticed the toilet in our downstairs bathroom. The water was very low (at the point where the drain goes down) and had a ring of dirt in it. Odd, I thought. But when I flushed it, it worked fine and all seemed well.
Yesterday morning, after showering and flushing the toilet upstairs, I came downstairs and heard a 'blub, blub'. I looked in the toilet and saw the water was low again and it was bubbling. When I flushed it, the tank filled fine (eliminating any suspicion of a broken toilet), but the water level raised way high up. I tried plunging it, to no avail. Usually when you plunge a toilet, once the clog is removed the toilet will flush fine. The water level stayed up high and preceded to drain very, very slowly...all the way down to the previous low level. Still bubbling. I thought it could be related to the unhooked hoses to the washing machine. I left, giving up, and ran some more errands. When I came home and flushed it, it appeared to work fine. Paul & I figured there was a clog somewhere between the upper and lower bathroom and it had resolved itself.
While I was washing dishes last night, Paul & I heard the familiar bubbling noises; however, this time the tank was full. Air coming out of a water line? Doesn't usually happen. Upon further examination, we discovered that when you flushed the upstairs toilet, the water in the downstairs toilet raised really high, then drained really slow. Likewise, when we ran the dishwasher, all was fine, until the water drained. Then the water level rose back up and again drained slow. I monitored while Paul took a quick shower and the water level rose so high, I had to get a pan and put water in a pot, then dump it outside. I repeated the process several times. Also realized there was more dirt/sand/debris instead of hair or body waste which I would expect to see if the issue was a clog in the house.
Roto Rooter came out this morning and camera scoped our lines. He had to access it from the roof, so as not to have to remove a toilet. Turns out our line is completely blocked by roots/broken in the middle of our front yard (in between the two maple trees). The good news is, this is a one time fix. The pipes are original to the house and PVC pipes are inpenetrable. The bad news is our home owners warranty doesn't cover it, because it didn't occur in the house and the county doesn't cover it b/c it's not in the street or by our water meter. That $5,800 bill will be ours. God bless my in-laws in this moment. They are going to spot us the money so we won't have to pay interest on a credit card. Small blessings. Our yard will be dug up tomorrow. We did get a really cool video of our pipes. Disgusting.
To sum up our day, I got a call from our fertility specialist who is just back from vacation. He was apologetic and has no idea why it didn't work. He said our embryos weren't the best quality but they definitely were not poor quality. Also, found out the sad news that none of our 7 embryos we left out made it to day 5. He said it's not totally uncommon, but does have him a little concerned. He does not think I have endometriosis or a luteal phase defect. He said there is no more testing to do before trying a Frozen Embryo Transfer. Too many variables with the IVF to immediately jump to 'something else is wrong'. You have to 'thaw' 2/3 more embryos than what you want to use, b/c not all will make it to day 3. (They don't try to grow any to day 5 for a transfer....) So we would thaw 4 or 5 of our remaining 9 embryos. We would then implant 3. IF all make it to Day 3, they would then keep the remaining 1 or 2 and refreeze them. You can, by law, implant 3 embryos if a fresh IVF cycle has failed. IF the FET doesn't work, there could be something going on genetically when our sperm and embryo connected. Maybe we CAN'T have kids. Who knows. One step at a time. Genetic testing costs a fortune and I'm not sure if we could ever afford that if need be. Because of our sewage line break and recent set back of $5,800, we will have to postpone a FET until even later.
Oh, we paid $80 to the washing machine man for him to tell us the issue was our pipes, not the machine. Atleast he reconnected it for us.
I know God only gives you what you can handle, but he is seriously testing our limits.
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