A Young Wife’s Tale

Honestly? We’d have a baby right now if we could. But we can’t. With our chronic illnesses and all our medications, we are currently physically incapable. It’s very difficult being told you cannot have children until you’re healthier. And the doctors have no idea when that will be. It could be a month. It could be a year. It could be ten. Adoption isn’t an option. With our poor health, we wouldn’t even qualify to adopt. Plus, I can’t take care of David and a baby. We truly cannot have children until we’re healthy.

David has psoriatic arthritis. He was diagnosed a year ago, at age 23. The rheumatologist thinks he should go into remission. It could be today, it could be next year. There’s no time frame. The arthritis is quite a strain on our marriage…