Who Needs An Appendix Anyway??

17 hours of CRAZY!!

Sunday, December 18

5:00 am--Spencer arrives at my bedside complaining of a stomach ache. Vomitting begins!

8:00 am--Vomitting continues. He vomits alone in the bathroom with the door closed saying, "I got this, I got this."

10:00 am--Vomitting continues. He is keeping nothing down now, not even his own spit. He is throwing up every thirty minutes. He lets me sit with him in the bathroom while he vomits.

12:00 pm--He accepts a big pot, we call it a 'puke bucket' and lays in bed. He falls asleep and we are sure he will feel better when he wakes up.

2:00 pm--Spencer is awake and the vomitting continues.

I start to worry.

4:00 pm--Vomitting continues. Complaints of stomach pain increase.

6:00 pm--Stomach pain seems to be localizing to the lower right quadrant.

I start to seriously worry.

7:00 pm--Ben and I bundle up the sick boy and drive to the ER.

He really didn't want to go, he was afraid. He actually faked feeling better hoping we would turn around.

8:00 pm--IV is started, anti-nausea meds and fluids are administered.

He watched the nurse administer the IV and asked questions the whole time. He never once fussed or cried.

9:00pm--Morphine is administered and prep is done for CAT scan.

He has to drink 16 ounces of pink punch, which is actually contrast for his CAT scan.

11:00 pm--CAT scan is administered and diagnosis of appendicitis is confirmed.

The nurses and doctors were not the least bit surprised. His doctor called him a "text book case."

Sunday, December 19

12:00 am--Spencer is transported by ambulance to a sister hospital with a pediatric surgical team.

Riding in a ambulance was especially exciting for him. Not so much for me.

1:00 am--Spencer is prepped for laproscopic surgery and wheeled away.

I was frightened. Ben was calm and confident. We were both exhausted.

2:00 am--Surgery is successful and Spencer wakes up quickly from anesthesia.

He immediately wants a popcicle...preferrably chocolate.

4:00 am--Spencer and I are asleep in a hospital room.

Ben is on his way home to sleep for an hour and then to take boys to Seminary. Then to sleep for another hour and then get Emma ready and off to school. Bless him!

12:00 pm--Spencer is released from the hospital.

He pooped, he peed, he ate and he walked around he halls.

Now we all rest!!

Whew!!