Ouchie!

After a few days of pain in my abdomen, my doctor sent me for a CT scan Wednesday afternoon. They discovered that I had an inflamed appendix. The radiologists called my doctor and she said to "get it out" that night. When I got over to the ER the surgeon said well, we could just treat it with antibiotics and watch it or take it out now. Now, my doctor had said to get it out and she is usually pretty aggressive in my treatments. So, I spent Thanksgiving Eve and the better part of Thanksgiving Day in the hospital. It turns out it was a good thing they took it out when they did. So I am thankful for my doctor, my husband who went home that night and made the dressing for the turkey, and hospital personnel who made the stay special for every one who had to be in the hospital on Thanksgiving Day. The nurses were very cheerful, sweet and attentive even though they had to work on the holiday. They also had a husband and wife who had brought in their "therapy" dog for all the patients. He was a very sweet poodle. However he was very distracted by my tuna sandwich. The owners said he had been trained using tuna for a reward. I would have shared it with him, since I had no appetite, but of course the owners said "no". I'm thankful Mary and Brian cooked the turkey and good part of the dinner and had Thanksgiving dinner at their house and sent home leftovers that are so yummy. Thanks to Percocet I am feeling quite well!