What a day!

So today didn't go at all like I planned. I was going to take the kids to the park and get a few things at the store before it turns cold and snowy tomorrow. But this morning when I got out of bed I had some intense pain in my lower right area. It was so painful that I was doubled over crying in pain (and I have a pretty high pain tolerance). I got nauseous, shaky, and clamy. I couldn't stand up, and when I tried to get my phone out of my purse to call Jarod, I almost passed out. I called him and had him come home from work. Kaitlyn stayed with me and brought me a pillow and blanket since I was laying on the bathroom floor crying. Jarod came home and got me some ibuprofen to see if that would help and let me rest in bed till lunch. I got up and still hurt but I could get up and walk. After it started hurting again, we decided to take me to urgent care.

The doctor there had me lay back and felt on my stomach, and I started crying when he pushed on the right side. So he had them draw labs and check for bladder infection. The blood work came back suggesting that my appendix was acting up. He wanted me to go the ER and have them check me out. So we took our kids from one babysitter to our friends house while Jarod took me to the hospital. We were there for a few hours and they did a cat scan to check for appendicitis. Fortunately it came back that it wasn't my appendix but rather a 4cm cyst on my right ovary. It must have ruptured this morning causing so much pain. So I got to go home with pain meds and some tlc from Jarod. I'm exhausted and still sore. Jarod said he will take care of the kids tomorrow so I can rest and hopefully feel all better by Monday.

Here are some thoughts from today:

-if you want to be seen quickly in the ER all you have to do is tell them you may have appendicitis. we were quickly seen and taken care of.

- a blown IV kind of hurts!

- cat scans aren't as scary as I thought it would be though I'm sure the bill for it will be- eek!

- I am thankful for friends that take great care of our kids during these times- and we would do the same for them!

- I've had cysts before but never one that has done this. Hopefully this won't reoccur.

- hospital gowns do not cover very well! :-s

- my husband is wonderful and takes such good care of me! I love him so!


Thanks for the prayers, and we will hopefully be back to normal again soon!