More Excitement for the Fishers

Well this week proved to be just as crazy as the last few. On Wednesday night, I began feeling a lot of abdominal pain. My whole stomach just hurt. By 11 p.m. I was writhing on the floor in pain. Garrett gave me some Tylenol P.M. to help me sleep. That worked a little, I got about 2 hours sleep ~ I kept waking up in pain. I got up early because I had my yearly exam Thursday morning. I mentioned the pain to my doc, but to be fair, I played down how much it hurt. She said that I probably just had an ovarian cyst. So I proceeded to go to work. I had so much planned for Thursday. To start, I had a 10 a.m. meeting. Sitting there for almost an hour was torture, I was in so much pain but didn't want to say anything. I could barely walk because every time I stepped with my right leg, I felt immense pain. I got back to my office and decided to call my regular doctor. The nurse told me I needed to come in right away. I asked if it could wait until the afternoon because I had another meeting at 12:30. She said that was not advisable but she would check with my doctor and call me back. She called back within 10 minutes and told me I needed to come in immediately. I knew I felt awful, but I still figured it was not big deal so I told work that I would try to be back that afternoon ~ yeah right! The drive to my doctor's office was torture, I felt every bump in the road ~ OUCH! My doctor took one look at me, touched my side and said it was the most obvious case of appendicitis he'd seen in a long time. While we waited for the surgeon, he sent me for blood work. They offered me a wheel chair, but of course I refused ~ I can be so stubborn sometimes. As soon as my blood was drawn, my doctor walked me up to the surgeon's office. The surgeon concurred that it was most likely appendicitis but gave me the option of surgery or a CT scan to verify. I chose the CT scan because I was not excited for surgery, okay so maybe I was stalling but I really didn't want surgery. Fortunately, they took pity on me because I was in so much pain so I got two shots of demoral in the tush. The CT scan confirmed that I had appendicitis so I was prepped for surgery. Thankfully, Alli's former teacher Alyssa agreed to come over and watch Alli so Garrett could be there for my surgery. The surgery was a success and I no longer have my appendix. I was released from the hospital this morning. I'm still very sore and cannot lift more than 10 lbs ~ no lifting Alli :( ~ but at least I'm now home. My mom flew out yesterday to help with my recovery ~ thank God for moms! Who knew something so useless like an appendix could cause so much pain. My doctors gave me a nice lecture on how I should have come in the night when I first felt the pain but I really figured it was nothing. Guess not!