Last Thursday Amber's appendix (Annie) decided to make her presence known. She was tired of always being under-appreciated and considered a useless vestigial organ. She had her 15 minutes of fame, and we all paid attention. But sadly, this move ultimately led to her demise.
Amber came home from spending time preparing her grandmother, who had recently passed away, for her funeral, when she began complaining of stomach pains. She told me that it was the worse pain she had ever felt and told me that she needed an ambulance. I then gave the expert advice of "maybe we should just wait it out". We compromised and Amber let me drive her to the emergency room. It's a good thing she had her eyes closed so she didn't see me driving 75 MPH in a 40 MPH zone, or the 3 stop lights I ran. Mikkena noticed. Sorry Mikkena.
We arrived at the emergency room at 11:00 at night. After 4 hours of blood tests, CAT scans, puking, and prodding, Amber was admitted to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Sorry Annie, maybe you should have just used your words.
At least Amber got to eat hospital food, which in her case is a good thing. We want to thank every one for your help and your visits, especially Sherine, Todd and Brandi. Thanks for taking care of Mikkena while we were having fun.
7 comments:
Oh my gosh! Amber I'm so sorry I wasn't there to help out! :( I'm glad you guys are ok though. Horrible timing though isn't it?
Amber I hope you are feeling better!
Oh wow, how crazy! I'm glad everything went okay with the surgery. And that pic of her appendix is just so gross. (You should have put something else in the pic for scale though.)
Anyway, as for you seeing Patrick...um...we're having him blessed June 28th, here. You're more than welcome to come if you can make it. After that, the soonest would Christmas. We're headed down to Vegas and driving would be cheaper since Erin would be 2 and we'd have to pay for a seat for her too.
I'd totally send him to you...but...he's a picky eater.
I hope you're feeling better, Amber. What a Horrable week you had!
Our prayers are with you.
Can't believe you named the appendix and can't believe you included a pic (without a warning no less). Sorry Amber - hope you have a speedy recovery :)
Well, I know what it's like to suddenly have an emergency operation!
sorry to hear about yours! Hope you feel better soon. We're excited to see you guys in June.
And we're even more sorry to hear about your grandmother.
Way to go Amber.. way to show the world out there that sometimes we are not over reacting.. and sometimes things really are serious:) Thanks for letting us spend some time with McKenna.. we love her.
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