Sunday night I came home to find Seth lying on the couch with a terrible stomach ache. After a couple of hours, we called the hospital and the nurse recommended we take him in. We were lucky that I was having a pretty good night (usually I spend my evenings puking), so Seth's dad came to stay with the kids while I brought Seth into the ER.
By about 12:30, they were pretty sure it was appendicitis. So I went home to get some sleep, while Seth spent the night doing more testing. At 8:30 in the morning, they took out his appendix, and he was discharged from the hosptial by 6:00 that night.
We were fortunate that we went in right away - his appendix was nowhere near rupturing and his recovery has been pretty quick. Normally we're the type to wait it out before we go into the doctor, and I'm glad we didn't do that this time.
It's a little sobering to know that 150 years ago, I would have been a widow by now. To say we're thankful for modern advancements in medicine would be an understatement.
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