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

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