At around 5 a.m. on Thursday, darling daughter woke me up complaining about stomach pain. I figured she had a stomach bug, sent her back to bed and I think I may have mumbled to Frank, “The only reason she should be waking me up at 5 a.m. is if we need to go to the emergency room.”
Guess where I was going 8 hours later.
Darling daughter is taking a class over the summer & had a test on Thursday morning. She came home from school at almost noon, barely able to walk. I thought she felt warm and took her temperature, which was a shade under 100. For 10 minutes I debated whether or not to go to the ER just to make sure it wasn’t appendicitis. These were all the symptoms for it but they could also be symptoms for other, less serious stuff, as well.
She didn’t want to go because it would be embarrassing if it turned out to be nothing. Luckily I decided the heck with it. Off we went, out into the monsoon, to the ER. It seems the weather deterred the frivolous ER cases so we were taken right away.
By 8 p.m. Thursday night, she was off to surgery. Nothing like emergency surgery to make life interesting, eh? They were able to yank out her appendix by laparoscopic surgery so recovery should be fast. She’s home now, drugged up & resting.
Meantime I’m cleaning and cooking because… why yes, I am insane, thank you very much. I am having most of my family over tomorrow for Father’s Day, as planned. I can’t let a little something like surgery change my plans, after all.
June 21st, 2009 at 4:15 am Quote
Awww, poor T.G. FS for a quick heal.
June 21st, 2009 at 6:16 am Quote
How one family can rack up so many emergencies and “incidents” I’ll never know. Poor darling daughter. Give her a gentle hug for me, please.
June 21st, 2009 at 7:58 am Quote
Happy nurse-chef-housekeeper-EMS-mother-of-the-daughter-and-son-who-qualifie d-Frank-for Father’s Day
June 21st, 2009 at 7:38 pm Quote
I hope she is feeling better. Good luck with your day.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 am Quote
I hope she’s feeling much better by now!