So on Thursday, Jeff's One Acts opened at Otter Valley. The kids and I spent the day doing school and then watching a movie. Mom and Dad were supposed to make a trip to White River, but the weather was going to be bad around those areas, so they decided to stay home. Thursday was actually pretty uneventful. I was able to read some of my book and do a little knitting while the kids were watching their movie. We had dinner and mom and dad went to the one acts and I stayed home and put the kids to bed early and stretched out on the couch and watched "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" while I waited up for everyone to come home.
Friday was also fairly uneventful. The kids actually woke up really early, which kind of backfired on me. I had put them to bed early to help them catch up on a little sleep, and they only ended up losing some more sleep. They were both quite cranky. We managed to finish our schoolwork by 10am, though. Which was nice, because I had an appointment. Mom kept the kids for me while I ran to town and I got back around lunch time. The kids were exercising on the Wii so I made them some lunch and I ate my lunch. I got around and fixed dinner and put it in the crock pot to keep warm. I actually picked up my friend, Angela and she and I went to the one acts on Friday night. We had a really great time. While we were doing that, the kids stayed home with Ninny and Papa and ate grilled cheese and french fries and ice cream and lots of other stuff. And they got to watch a movie and stay up late. It's a rare treat for them, so they really enjoyed spending time with mom and dad like that. Jeff and I got home around 11 and had some macaroni and cheese and watched a show and then we headed to bed.
Of course on Saturday morning, the kids woke up early. It never fails that on the days that we are able to sleep in, the kids get up early. When I woke up, I noticed that I was having some pretty bad pain in my abdomen. Starting from right at my chest all the way down to my pelvis. I didn't really think much of it because I have been doing Pilates exercises which are specific for toning my abs. Except it was really hurting. And it didn't really get better. At lunch time I took a couple of ibuprofen and it helped. Mom and Dad headed out to go to Jim's birthday party in Colchester around 4. Jeff headed out to his last night of shows around 5. I fed the kids some dinner and noticed that the pain in my abdomen was returning. Then I took them upstairs to shower and get ready for bed and I noticed that the pain was much more severe than before and this time, it was centered on the right side of my body slightly above my belly button. Knowing that is where my appendix is, I looked it up online and checked the symptoms. I had three of the five. I was a bit worried and a lot in pain, but I didn't have anyone to watch the kids and I figured it wasn't really an emergency. So I planned to wait until Jeff got home around 11 and then head to the emergency room. But then the pain was terrible. So bad that I could barely take a deep breath in without breaking into a cold, clammy sweat from the pain. And I knew I had to go to the hospital. So I called Jeff and he met me and picked up the kids and took them to his show where he could keep an eye on them. And I called mom and she and dad met me at the hospital so that I wouldn't have to be there alone. Luckily, the ER was pretty quiet and I got in and was seen by the Dr. right away. She felt that it was either my appendix or ovaries. I was immediately hooked up to an IV and had blood work drawn. Then I had to drink 3 bottles of contrast so that my insides would show up on a CT scan. And since the pain was so horrible that it was making me nauseous, they had to inject anti-nausea medication. The blood work came back with an elevated white count. The doc felt that it was very likely that I would be having emergency surgery to remove my appendix. Then the CT scan came back, and lo and behold, it was not my appendix, but a cyst on my right ovary that was over 3 cm. in diameter. Yes...3 CM not MM. It's huge. I was very thankful that I did not have to endure an emergency surgery after I had already spent almost 6 hours in the hospital. And I was unbelievably grateful for the pain medication that they gave me. I am prone to these cysts but the pain from this one is unlike any other. Now I just have to go back for a follow-up ultrasound or two to make sure that it goes away. Until it shrinks or ruptures, I have some good hefty doses of pain meds to help me out. So-I went to bed highly medicated at about 3 am. Right about the time we 'sprung forward'. The kids didn't go to bed until after 11 last night because they were with Jeff and he had to stay and clean up the school and put everything away after the shows. We all got up shortly before 10am. I would have liked to not moved all day as I am still in a considerable amount of pain. But next weekend, I am catering a regional one act festival that Jeff's school is hosting. And today is the only day that Jeff and I could travel to Burlington to pick up all the supplies. So after my breakfast and pain meds, we set out to Costco. The car ride up and shopping weren't so bad, it didn't take me very long to gather everything I needed. Hayden and Cebelle were big helpers. But on the ride home, my pain meds started to wear off and I didn't have any more with me because we were picking the prescription up on the way home. So every little bump in the road was torture. I was never so thankful to bed home and put on my pajamas and crash on the couch. I am also unbelievably thankful for my mom. Because in addition to hanging out with me at the hospital all night last night, she made us a delicious dinner and I didn't have to worry about cooking. I'm getting ready to put the kids to bed and curl back up on the couch. Hopefully, the pain won't last for long. It's crazy how these things always happen at the most inconvenient times. Please say a prayer for me. I have a really busy week ahead and I need to feel better soon!
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