I Have All the Luck

When Eleanor was about 3 weeks old I got a kidney infection and was miserable for days. I had a fever of over 105 degrees for days and was achy, shook uncontrollably, etc. Having a newborn during that time was really hard and overwhelming. Too bad that a kidney infection was nothing compared to having acute appendicitis with a newborn.

Wednesday morning I woke up to feed Scarlett around 5:30 am and started having severe stomach cramps and some other not so pleasant symptoms. The pain was too bad to fall back asleep and I was pretty miserable. I finally took some Motrin in the afternoon and was able to get a little sleep. After I woke up the cramps had moved to my lower right abdomen. I decided to look up my symptoms to see if they matched appendicitis and they matched up pretty well. Kevin called my doctor that night to see if we should go into the emergency room and she said to go if the pain got worse, otherwise call her office in the morning and make an appointment. I made it through the night and started to feel a tiny bit better in the morning. But a few hours later the pain was getting unbearable again, so I called my doctor's office and got an appointment for that afternoon. It was pretty obvious it was appendicitis, so I was sent to get some blood work and a CT Scan. They both verified that it was acute appendicitis and I was sent over to the hospital.

Kevin's parents are in town, thankfully, and they took the girls as we headed to the hospital. Once at the hospital they rushed to get me ready for surgery and right as they were about to roll me toward the operating room, a Trauma 1 came in and I was put on hold for almost 2 hours. That wait was pretty unbearable. Definitely comparable to waiting for an epideral when in active labor. Wish that feeling wasn't so fresh in my mind. I was obviously put under once I got into the operating room and woke up a couple hours later in the recovery room. One of the first things I heard was a conversation between the nurses that went like this: "Did her appendix burst?" "I don't think so, but I heard it was really gross." Just what I wanted to hear. 

Apparently my appendix did leak a bit, so I have been on some pretty heavy anti-biotics and had to stay an extra day in the hospital. I haven't held my baby since Thursday and it is killing me. No mother should be away from her 4 week old this long. I have been pumping and dumping my milk while in the hospital and pray that I will be able to nurse again when I get home today. My supply has been getting pretty low. I guess I should be grateful that Scarlett is taking a bottle so well. 

I will hopefully be cleared to go home in a few hours. I can't wait to see and hold my babies.