Emergency surgery!!
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rambling | Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:37 pm
I haven't been on here for a couple of weeks because of a very sick child.Hubby and I were awakened at 2:00 am on Wednesday morning,Feb. 28th by a screaming child and it wasn't the 6 month old it was the 8 year old! We were absolutely panic stricken. He was pale and started violently vomiting and holding his abdomen screaming it hurts. We called my mom who lives right across the street. She rushed over to keep an eye on our other children while we rushed to the ER. Well about an hour later we were in the waiting area while our son was undergoing an emergency appendectomy. His appendix had ruptured by the time we had arrived at the ER. We have never had anything happen like this before in our families and it was so scary. He had to have the open surgery instead of the laposcopic surgery since his appendix had burst, so he had to stay in the hospital for a few days and have IV antibotics administered. He was released a week ago today.He is still pretty sore and freaks anytime someone gets near him. Wednesday he will go for his 2 week check-up. He will find out if he will be able to return to school then.I've been picking up his school work each afternoon when I pick up our 6 year old. He is afraid he is going to have to have surgery also and has been having panic attacks. We have had to take him in for medication, the doctor said it is a type of post tramatic syndrome from seeing his brother go through so much. We give him the medication only if he feels panicy,it makes him very loopy and I don't like to give it to him. Luckily he has only needed it twice. Wow you don't realize how much something like this affects everyone!Thank goodness my mom lives right across the street and has been able to help us through all of this. I don't know how we would have made it without her!!! Well I guess I had better go for now.
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