Attacking Appendices
January 05, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Unfortunately, the appendix in question was not part
of a book so much as it was part of the wife. In
short, Friday brought the wife severe abdominal pain
to her right side, though I was known to mistakenly
refer to it as "abominable" pain. I think both
descriptors are correct.
Saturday brought her an interminably long visit to the ER with no occurrences of a natural disaster, a hostage situation, a quarantine, or any other jumping-the-shark plot points.
Eight nurses, something like eighteen failed IV attempts, and a CT scan later, a swollen and "angry" (surgeon's words, not mine) appendix was successfully removed from her body and sent to whatever fate is reserved for good appendices gone bad.
Sunday brought home and rest. I hope the rest of the week brings her recovery. Please remember her in your thoughts and prayers right now.
Update January 11: Thanks for all the kind notes, emails, and calls. She’s doing very well, and she hopes to be back to work by Wednesday.
Saturday brought her an interminably long visit to the ER with no occurrences of a natural disaster, a hostage situation, a quarantine, or any other jumping-the-shark plot points.
Eight nurses, something like eighteen failed IV attempts, and a CT scan later, a swollen and "angry" (surgeon's words, not mine) appendix was successfully removed from her body and sent to whatever fate is reserved for good appendices gone bad.
Sunday brought home and rest. I hope the rest of the week brings her recovery. Please remember her in your thoughts and prayers right now.
Update January 11: Thanks for all the kind notes, emails, and calls. She’s doing very well, and she hopes to be back to work by Wednesday.