Appendix Out!!!

Last night at about 9 p.m., Chad started hurting on his right side and we both thought at first it was just gas. After attempting to go to sleep without much success, he woke me up at 3 a.m. and was hurting a lot. We decided to go ahead and go to the ER in case it was something bad. I was afraid it was his appendix just by where it was hurting. The ER doc suspected appendicitis and shortly after that, tests confirmed it. Chad had an emergency appendectomy this morning at about 11 a.m. He is doing great -- just really sore and tired. I'm pretty much running on empty myself as I have been up since early and I had my hospital orientation today for my new job. It was definitely one of those things I couldn't miss so I jigged things around and was on the road most of the day back and forth between Capital Region and St. Mary's (where Chad was). He has to stay overnight tonight and will be released tomorrow sometime. The people at Cap Region were wonderful today about everything so hopefully they will be okay if I have to leave tomorrow to take Chad home. Wow, what a day...so glad the doctors caught everything in time and all turned out okay so far.