So the Halloween weekend has come and gone and to my surprise i was given a trick instead of a treat this year. the weekend started off good with our annual fall festival at the lake on Friday. My son went as his usual a vampire and had a really good time even if a girl fell on him and his uncle who is 22 got his butt kicked by a 10 year old girl in a sack race. how embarrassing to the family.
Saturday brought my son waking to a stomach ache and most would assume it was from to much candy intake but seeing as my son does not eat much candy this was not the case. so we did the usually ginger ale and crackers and waited.by noon the stomach wasn't any better and he had spiked a fever so it was call the doctor and go to after hour care unit to be seen. doctor not sure what it might be sends me and said child to ER for full exam. now for anyone who has gone to a local ER you know this means a long wait to be seen and an even longer wait for test to be run. so we wait finally around 9pm mom has had enough I'm tired, irritated and not happy my child is left in pain so i go all mommy crazy on staff. this produces lab results and a trip to CT Scan. after which they finally decide it's his appendix's and he needs to be admitted. so at midnight we are finally in a room with the possibility of finally getting things done.
Sunday we are awaken at 6am by the surgeon telling us he is taking Cliff to the OR for surgery. He is taken in at 7am and by 8am i am called to recovery where the doctor tells me that it was a good thing i brought him in because when he got inside to look at Cliff's appendix they were so inflamed they might have burst if he waited any longer. so now my son is back in his room and recovering nicely. he has exceeded the doctors expectation because he is up and walking and eating within two hours of surgery so by 6pm Sunday night we are on our way home. so i spent the entire Halloween weekend in the hospital and though i may not have gotten a treat i did get to put on my momma bear costume and go all crazy on a medical staff so it was all good.
on a side note son is doing very well and will hopefully return to school tomorrow thank goodness.
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Oh no!!! I hope he feels better! Seems like appendix and gallbladders are wanting to be removed for everyone these days! I know so many people that have one or both of the procedures.
Be glad he was diagnosed so quick. I had a horror story of an appendix and almost died but that's for another day. So glad your son is doing great and good for you for venting on the staff. Sometimes it works wonders.
@Bouncin' Barb And @jumble mash thank you for the well wishes for my son he is feeling much better.
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