Cursed Appendix

Oh man, lots of catching up to do (sigh . . ) But, I better start with the latest happenings: my appendix surgery :( Tuesday my stomach hurt but I just thought it was the guacamole I made that day. Wednesday it was still a sharp pain but I pushed the kids to the park and did piano lessons and my normal thing. I knew something was up though, cause I wasn't eating much and that's not like me! It really started hurting bad Wednesday night and when my friend came to pick me up for Enrichment, I told her I changed my mind. I tried to go to the walk-in clinic that night, but they closed early and I was too cheap to go to the E.R. so I waited all night. It was a long painful night. Thursday morning I was the first one at the clinic and they made me take a pregnancy test and pap smear, checking my ovaries and other things even though I told them IT'S MY APPENDIX. After wasting lots of time there, she sent me over to get a cat scan and that took another 3 hours (cause you have to drink nasty stuff and wait 2 hours for the injection of dye stuff) so, when the doctor finally came and told me the results (of which I already knew), it was 2:30! And I was in some misery by then. They got me right into surgery after that. I was really worried about Eliza more than anything. She'd never had a bottle, never been away from me longer than 3 hours, but she was just fine with Braydan.

The prep for surgery kinda stunk cause they couldn't get the I.V. in and I was getting really woozy. The nurse said I had good veins, but for some reason they had problems. I really wish I wasn't so naive about the whole surgery. Braydan has a pretty long scar from his appendix surgery and Alisha does also, but he told me they do it laporoscopic now and make two little cuts and not such a big deal. So, I honestly thought I would be out of there that day, or at the latest, the next morning. Wrong. I don't remember anything after they wheeled me into the operating room. But, I knew things would be different than I planned when I woke up nauseous and hurting, and with 3 incisions. They said my appendix was almost rupturing, with lots of stuff leaking out that they had to suction. But the surgery went fine. It was just the recovery that took longer than I thought.

Friends watched the kids Thurs. evening so Braydan could come for a while. I feel bad cause I wasn't the happiest person and don't even remember talking to him I was so out of it. Saturday he came early with the kids and at first I was happy to see them and even told Kaleb to come and sit with me on the bed. He sat nice . . . for like a second and then was jumping around and kinda fell on my owies. I instinctively protected myself and pushed him off the bed and then he was crying and screaming. I think his feelings were hurt more than actual physical hurt, but I told Braydan, "okay, that's enough for visiting for today." When he came back again, it was without the kids :)

Bad picture of me--pretty flowers from Braydan

I tried to get up and walk some Friday in hopes that they'd let me go earlier, but doctor came in and said he wanted to keep me another night to get all the antibiotics in me (and he probably saw my crazy kids :) I didn't get released till Saturday afternoon. I almost finished Jane Eyre and got some other good books started that friends brought. I also worked on eating. THey didn't let me eat most of Thursday. And then Friday I didn't feel like eating. Saturday I ate some yogurt so my nurse wouldn't get mad at me. Now that it's Sunday, I feel like the nausea and other problems came from the painpills they gave me! I've been so sick today--wanting to throw-up and head spinning and dizzy. So I decided I'm done with them. I'd rather have the pain than this.

Anyway, Braydan is doing an excellent job taking care of everything. He had a long night with me asking for things, Kaleb crying, Eliza waking up and helping me start nursing her again and just everything. I'm still debating whether to ask Mom to come though. He has to go back to work Tuesday, so we'll see. Well this is long enough and better go. I'll post more later!

Oh, and thank you, thank you friends and family for all your help and calls!