We are now home from the surgery. Things went well enough that my son could be released the same day. He went in surgery at 8:45am and came out about 11:30am. The doctors removed his appendix, scar tissue and the crystallized part from the appendix rupture. Everything went well. He slept most of the day and ate at around 4:00pm, got up and walked around, etc. and so he was allowed to go home. He still has a lot of recovery this week, but he wanted to show them how much he wanted to go home. That’s my son for you!     I need to monitor his pain, etc. for the rest of the week. He is allowed to swim in 4-5 days. THAT made him happy!

He is sleeping right now and seems comfortable. We are all relieved…especially ME! *whew

Thanks for your prayers and well wishes!

I am just going to make a quick blog post here since I have a million things to do before bed. My son is due to have his surgery tomorrow. We will be going in early and staying overnight. Once I get home and get him situated, I will check in and make another post about how things went. We are both nervous about it. But, better to take care of that ole’ appendix so that it doesn’t happen again.

Not sure what this is about fully? Read my previous blog post about my son and his ruptured appendix.

Basically, he is fully healed. He is happy and has gained much of his weight back now.
We were told that some doctors may even leave it alone after he was well again. However, these doctors think it is best to remove the appendix as there is always a chance of getting appendicitis again. It really depends on where the rupture happened. It could have just been a split, or the end could have ruptured leaving the rest of the appendix in tact. They won’t know until they get in there.

This is supposed to be an outpatient overnight surgery. So hopefully all goes well. I feel pretty good about it, just a bit nervous and protective of my son.

~Wendy