Friday was the last day of school and the start of Christmas break! Jason finished his last final Friday morning, got all his grades in, and then went out for Vietnamese lunch with some other staff to celebrate. Rachel and I picked him up after school and went for a walk on the snow-packed trails. An intense game of snowball soccer ensued, with Rachel in the backpack giggling every time we kicked the snowball down the path.
Jason went to bed with a sore tummy, wondering if the Vietnamese wasn't sitting well. Saturday Jason woke up with pain in his upper central abdomen. We were able to get in to the doctor at 10am, but by then Jason was in bad shape. The doctor sent us over to the ER after seeing Jason in the fetal position on the examination table. After a physical exam, Dilaudid for the pain, and an abdominal CT scan, it was confirmed that he had appendicitis. He had a laproscopic appendectomy and then recovered in the hospital for another 4 hours before coming home.
Rachel came to the hospital with us initially, and then I took her over to a friend's house at lunch time. She played there for a couple hours and then, while Jason was in surgery, I brought her home for a nap. I then took her to a different friend's house where she stayed for a few hours over dinner, and then Jason and I were able to pick her up before returning home for bed. She did really well with these different environments, and we are so thankful to our friends (Ben & Ellie and Sarah & Dustin) who were able to help us out at the last minute. The only strange thing all day for her was that she didn't eat much throughout the day.
Jason has 3 small incisions that will cause some abdominal discomfort for a few days, but overall should have a successful recovery. There is no problem with us flying on Wednesday to Virginia and the surgeon gave Jason permission to commence running as soon as he feels up to it! (We think this might be a little while.)
At 8:30pm Rachel woke up throwing up. We're not quite sure what set her off, but we now understood the poor appetite. She settled down again and slept well, but could not keep her breakfast down in the morning. Poor thing!
In any case, everyone is feeling better now.
Thanks for the good wishes.
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