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This past Saturday we took my 12 year old son to Busch Gardens for his birthday. The day went something like this: ride Montu, pet and feed the giraffes, have an emergency appendectomy.
He started complaining of stomach pain off and on about two hours in, but we assumed it was all of the running around, or sugary junk he was eating. When it started getting worse/more frequent, I decided to cab it back to the hotel with him so he could rest while my wife, stepson, sister and mother continued on at the park.
At the hotel, the pain grew worse and he started vomiting, and I decided that we'd better get him looked at. We went to a doc-in-the-box clinic where they shuffled him through and referred us to the ER. I was a bit skeptical given the superficial exam they gave him and the fact that it was 5:25 and they closed at 5:30. I briefly considered driving home (3-4 hours) to have him checked out at a familiar hospital, but decided to get him seen right away.
Long story short, from ER to OR to recovery, overnight in a private room and discharged in less than 24 hours. Less than 6 hours from ER to surgery (unprecedented in my experience). He did in fact have an inflamed appendix which they removed laproscopically. I was blown away by they level of care and kindness shown by the entire staff (University Community Hospital). He is now home milking the recovery for all that it's worth, and I'm pondering how the heck to make it up to him.
~g
He started complaining of stomach pain off and on about two hours in, but we assumed it was all of the running around, or sugary junk he was eating. When it started getting worse/more frequent, I decided to cab it back to the hotel with him so he could rest while my wife, stepson, sister and mother continued on at the park.
At the hotel, the pain grew worse and he started vomiting, and I decided that we'd better get him looked at. We went to a doc-in-the-box clinic where they shuffled him through and referred us to the ER. I was a bit skeptical given the superficial exam they gave him and the fact that it was 5:25 and they closed at 5:30. I briefly considered driving home (3-4 hours) to have him checked out at a familiar hospital, but decided to get him seen right away.
Long story short, from ER to OR to recovery, overnight in a private room and discharged in less than 24 hours. Less than 6 hours from ER to surgery (unprecedented in my experience). He did in fact have an inflamed appendix which they removed laproscopically. I was blown away by they level of care and kindness shown by the entire staff (University Community Hospital). He is now home milking the recovery for all that it's worth, and I'm pondering how the heck to make it up to him.
~g
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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