my appendicitis story

i never thought it would happen to me, but i guess i had pretty bad appendicitis. i've had these pretty bad stomach aches off and on, but then on Tuesday night, or rather Wed. morning at 2 a.m. I woke up with unbearable pain in my entire abdomen. I couldn't move--any movement made it much worse. After trying to deal with it for a while, I finally went to the E.R. with Chris (thank goodness his friend went and crashed on our couch cause Saxon was still there). After what seemed like FOREVER and crazy pain (I swear, worse than childbirth, or comparable), they gave me some morphine, and did some CAT scans and other tests, which involved things you'd probably not want to know about, and found out I had to have my appendix removed.
SO at about 9:30 a.m. I went in to surgery and, long story short--I was in the hospital (UVRMC) until today. I had a long stay (usually it's only 1 night) cause the surgeon said my appendix was super toxic and inflamed/enlarged, and was even adhered to my small intestine! So I guess they had to peel it off and then cut it off, then staple. Sorry if TMI!!
It was a hard few days in the hospital, with tons of pain and nausea. Tons of antibiotics, pain meds, anti-nausea meds, blood tests/pokes, etc!
It is SO GOOD TO BE HOME! I finally was discharged cause I was (kind of) able to keep down solid foods. I feel so much better than I did before, but still can't do much.
Chris has been incredibly amazing and tells me he really understands how much I do around the house now! He has been so awesome.
It's been hard to be away from Saxon, and I still can't lift him for a few weeks (how is that going to work??) but Chris' mom has been watching him a ton and is such a lifesaver!!
I'm so grateful for all the support from our ward with phone calls, meals, etc!
I'm so grateful to be able to look outside a big window from our couch. To be able to feel some fresh air! I picked my garden tomatoes tonight and was so happy!
But I'm especially grateful be be around Chris and Saxon more!