So Saturday night we had eaten dinner and put a movie in, a typical night in our exciting lives, and Bryces stomach was not feeling well. Not giving it much thought he took some medicine and tried to go to sleep. After hours of tossing and turning he started to come to the conclusion that it was APPENDICITIS!!! So at 1 in the morning I finally convinced him that we needed to go to the ER!! Just one push on his stomach and a CT scan, showed that his self diagnosis was not only right, but his appendix was twice the size of what it normally should be. So they admitted him to the hospital and we would wait for the surgeon to come back from his long night. The next day at 8:30 he went in for surgery.
At that moment one of the guys in our ward called me to ask if our house was flooding, because it had been raining for like 2 days straight. When I told him that we were at the hospital he offered to go check on our house and to get all of our furniture up. Between him and our good friends Justin and Emily we got the house and Maggie taken care of.
Just to add to the list, Bryce had finals week starting the day after surgery, obvisouly he would not be able to attend so Justin got a hold of the Dean to ask him to excuse Bryce from the tests. Surgery went well and Bryce recovered great. So after a week of finals he only has two tests to make up next week, but his classes never suffered.
He will never cease to amaze me because not matter what life throws at him he always gives it everything he has and never complains. He even went to school the day he was released and took a test. I am so glad that everything turned out okay. I also have to say thank you to Justin and Emily for coming to help with no hesitations. They definately made the situation easier for us.
We didn't manage to get any pictures of Bryce while he was in the hospital, but here is a picture of his scars
We also want to say thanks to everyone who kept us in their prayers and for all the phone calls. Also thanks family for the awesome care package. Its no nice to know that no matter how far away from our families that we are they will still do all they can to help us.
4 comments:
Oh my gosh Cass! you guys have got to stop with the stomach problems! How is life besides appendicitis? I hope you guys are doing well, me and amy talk about how much we miss you all the time! We reminisce (spelling?) as if you were there and talk about when you used to just stare out into the hallway and people watch. lol, I hope to see you in the summer! any baby plans in the near future? none for us yet! biggest loser has dropped off... surprise, surprise. Of course Shelly and Pam are still going. Anyway, I miss you and hope Bryce gets to feeling better!
Wow you have had a lot on your plate!! I'm glad things are going better for you now. Thank heavens for good friends and neighbors. I'm glad they are there to help you, I think it helps your family feel better at home that there are others there that can pick up the slack when they can't be there to help.
I tried the whole appendicitis excuse but they still made me take my finals.... I'm glad to see it worked for you.
Hey i'm so sorry to hear about Bryce!! I hope that he;s doing better, and I LOVE your dog!!!! She is so cute! I miss you!!!
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