Surgery

I saved my last post when things became a little crazy. Ted was out of town for work, and my body decided to get sick. I felt like someone was stabbing me in the back. I also had severe abdomen pain. The pain was so bad that I was almost in tears. This started about 10 PM and I waited until 9 AM to go to the Urgent Care Doctor. He pushed on my stomach, took some tests, and told me that he was fairly confident that I have a problem with my gall bladder. He strongly recommended to go to the ER. Well, I didn't like this idea so much. When I called my mom and told her what he said, she said I needed to go to the ER (I may be 23 years old, but I still listen to my mom sometimes). I went into the ER and they did some blood work and did an ultrasound. I had no idea what they were looking at. But when the ultrasound tech left the room she said, "Well, good luck to you." I turned to my sister in law and said, "What does that mean?!?" I knew something was wrong when she said that. The Doctor came in and told me that my gall bladder had stones in it. The reason why I was in so much pain was because a stone was passing. She said that they will have to remove my gall bladder, and that I need to meet with the surgeon in the morning. Ted (being the loving husband he is) drove home as soon as I got word that I would have to have surgery. We met with the surgeon and he showed us the ultrasound. I didn't know what to expect, but you could see all these rocks in my gall bladder. You are not supposed to have any stones at all. It looked like it was 3/4 full of stones. I went into surgery the next day. They had to do 4 different incisions, and took my gall bladder out through the cut in my belly button. In the recovery room they showed Ted, my mom, and I (although I don't remember it) my gall bladder. The surgeon said it was literally full of gall stones. He was shocked at how many there were. He said I was way young to have these types of problems. Surgery went really well though. We went to my parents and stayed almost a week because they have a recliner (which was so much better than laying down flat). Ted and my mom took such good care of me! I am so lucky to have them! I went in for my check up and the incisions are healing well. This experience made me so grateful to have such a loving family! I don't know what I would do without them! Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I can't wait to spend it with my family! I am one lucky girl!

This is a Willow Tree that Dylan got for me. It says Mother and son celebrating the bond of life between mothers and sons. I absolutely love it! He also got me flowers and a stuffed puppy. I got flowers from my sister in laws and in laws. They were all so pretty!