Eerika fell asleep right after church on Sunday after she started to complain of stomach ache. When she woke up, she had a fever. After some tylenol, she perked up a bit. Later in the evening, she would cry out in pain and the thought of "appendicitis" came to my mind. She kept complaining of her pain throughout the evening and I felt a bit uneasy as we went to bed.
She woke up with the fever and stomach pains on Monday morning so I decided to take her to the doctor. She was examined and tested for strep, UTI and appendicitis. The doctor ruled out appendicitis as she wasn't in acute pain at that time and the "wiggling and stretching" of the appendix area didn't seem to bother her.
Tuesday was no fever and no pain.
On Wednesday she woke up with pain and fever again. She whimpered as she watched a movie. This was a sign of true pain as she has high pain tolerance and she was distracted by the movie. We went to the pediatrician. She decided that we should get admitted to rule out appendicitis.
We got directly admitted to the pediatric unit. Each doctor who examined her, three of them, concluded that she probably had appendicitis.
She survived through the five pokes for an IV. She received antibiotics overnight. She had a CT scan done.
Thursday morning, she looked great. No pain. The surgical attending said he would send her home IF he hadn't talked to all the other doctors who described her history and symptoms. He said that he would still recommend a surgery and even if it wasn't an appendicitis, they would take it out.
So we decided to go with the surgery. We felt good about the way the surgical had done "his homework".
I went to pre-op with her. She was a bit scared but overall handled it very well. She got distracted by iPad and TV shows and then she received some drugs and they wheeled her off. About an hour later, I went to the PACU where she was sort of awake. Most likely, it wasn't really appendicitis.
The day of surgery was filled with lots of TV. Few trips to the bathroom and some pain meds.
Friday morning was a tough as she had to get out of bed and her abdomen was obviously hurting from the surgery. It took a lot of patience as I tried to convince her that she should get out of bed. She was angry about it, but she did it on her terms. She was able to eat and drink well enough and she walked enough that they discharged us. Thank goodness.
Those 48 plus hours at the hospital were hard because Aleksi is so mobile. Eerika did well except for few moments of pain. Saku was happy to watch TV or play with the iPhone. Troy stayed for one night and I stayed for the second one.
April and Corrye brought dinners for us the first two days at home, so we were well taken care of.
She was fully recovered by the following Wednesday.
On Wednesday she woke up with pain and fever again. She whimpered as she watched a movie. This was a sign of true pain as she has high pain tolerance and she was distracted by the movie. We went to the pediatrician. She decided that we should get admitted to rule out appendicitis.
We got directly admitted to the pediatric unit. Each doctor who examined her, three of them, concluded that she probably had appendicitis.
She survived through the five pokes for an IV. She received antibiotics overnight. She had a CT scan done.
Thursday morning, she looked great. No pain. The surgical attending said he would send her home IF he hadn't talked to all the other doctors who described her history and symptoms. He said that he would still recommend a surgery and even if it wasn't an appendicitis, they would take it out.
So we decided to go with the surgery. We felt good about the way the surgical had done "his homework".
I went to pre-op with her. She was a bit scared but overall handled it very well. She got distracted by iPad and TV shows and then she received some drugs and they wheeled her off. About an hour later, I went to the PACU where she was sort of awake. Most likely, it wasn't really appendicitis.
The day of surgery was filled with lots of TV. Few trips to the bathroom and some pain meds.
Friday morning was a tough as she had to get out of bed and her abdomen was obviously hurting from the surgery. It took a lot of patience as I tried to convince her that she should get out of bed. She was angry about it, but she did it on her terms. She was able to eat and drink well enough and she walked enough that they discharged us. Thank goodness.
Those 48 plus hours at the hospital were hard because Aleksi is so mobile. Eerika did well except for few moments of pain. Saku was happy to watch TV or play with the iPhone. Troy stayed for one night and I stayed for the second one.
April and Corrye brought dinners for us the first two days at home, so we were well taken care of.
She was fully recovered by the following Wednesday.
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| We did find out about the play room on our third day there. It would have helped during the first two. |
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| Aleksi all over the place. |
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| Desperate for some entertainment that didn't include a screen. |
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