Sunday, April 12, 2009





These pictures are in backward order. It all started in the Emergency Room.....actually let me go back to Saturday afternoon. Jacob was complaining about a stomach ache. Aaron and I bought him Pepto Bismal, told him it was gas pains, and told him to sit on the toilet and try to go the bathroom. Like good parents, we continued on with our plans for the evening. We dropped him off at Daniel and Senta's house to be babysat. We got a phone call about 2 hours later telling us that he had thrown up for the third time. We went from thinking he had gas pains to thinking he had the flu. We took him home and settled him in bed. He had a slight fever and still stomach pains. About 1 am he woke up. The stomach pains were now directly over his right side and he said it felt like someone was sticking a knife into him! Does anyone know what side your appendix is on? Yup, your right side! BUT, Aaron and I don't believe in rushing our kids to the Dr. So, we wait. Sunday morning he wants breakfast..a good sign! But by 11am his stomach pain was still no better and still a slight fever..about 1o1 F. I take him to the ER, where his fever spikes to 104.3F. The ultrasound shows fluid around his inflamed appendix. BUT, is the fluid "normal" OR is it ruptured? We need a CT scan to determine. He FINALLY gets the drink he has been asking for all afternoon. He describes the drink as battery acid mixed with apple juice! Long story short...he has surgery the next morning (Monday) to remove his appendix. We kept asking how he was feeling...he started answering by making BoBo, his monkey show how he was feeling! He was a trooper. He really has a high pain threshold. It was so nice to see how loving and attentive his siblings were to him. It is nice to have family and friends close by who helped out with Chandler and Brooklyn while we were in the hospital with Jacob.

4 comments:

Angela said...

Let me be the first to say welcome back to the blogging world, you have been missed!

tracey said...

So glad to hear things worked out and he got the help he needed. It is so hard to tell as parents sometimes when it is time to take the kids into the Dr. Glad your story had a happy ending. Hope he feels better!

Becky CTR said...

What a guy!!!!! I am SOOOO glad that it turned out well for Jacob!

Baker Family said...

He's such a character! I'm so glad that he didn't just have gas pains like his uncle Jared...that would have been so embarrassing! Jake you are so brave!