One Less Organ

I ended up undergoing an emergency appendectomy this Thursday night. I woke with a general feeling of being un-well, but I couldn't pinpoint the cause. Around 10 AM I started feeling a stomach ache, that got progressively worse. Around 1PM the pain was getting pretty serious, my stomach was bloated and full of gas, and I started vomiting. To make a long story short, around 2:30 PM my boss ended up driving me to the Emergency Room. After a horrible 2 hour wait in the waiting room I finally was brought inside around 5PM.

The doctor performed several tests, but he all but discarded the possibility of appendicitis saying I did not have the right symptoms. He was leaning towards Diverticulosis. They drew some blood and when the results came back an hour later it showed I had an elevated count of white blood cells. The doctor got worried and decided to do a CT Scan. And that is when it was discovered that it was indeed appendicitis.

I'm very thankful first to my boss that pushed to take me to ER because I was leaning towards just going home and getting some rest. Also both my sisters were able to accompany me during the wait and also during the process of getting a diagnosis. It made my anxiety levels remain at a manageable level.

This was pretty much one of my worst nightmares come true. I know there are worse things out there, but I've lived a pretty sheltered life as far getting sick and being hospitalized, apart from the time I had the girls, I've never been hospitalized or being put under general anesthesia. Add to the mix my tendency for anxiety and also my claustrophobia it was not fun at all.

I was discharged Friday at 10:30PM and I am now home with one less organ and feeling a little sore. However, I have been able to manage pretty well without too much medication. Thanks for your prayers, the hardest part will be to make myself rest and not start doing too much too soon. We'll see how that goes.