My title is really misleading, as it seems to imply Kevin has a lot of ER adventures, but really it has been over 5 years since the last time he was in the ER (that adventure was no fun for me either).
As most of you know, Kevin was in the Hospital for most of this week, recovering from surgery, for those that didn't know, here is how it went down...
Sunday: (1/17), Kevin complained of some stomach pain, but he said it felt more like muscle pain than an upset stomach. Both of us kind of blew it off, considering he had worked his side job all weekend. Both of us just thought maybe he moved wrong or pulled something.
Monday: I had off work for MLK Day, but Kevin had to work. He got home and said he was still a little achy, but mostly just didn't feel right. I went to LLL after dinner and by the time I got home, he was laying on the couch, complaining he just was in pain. I suggested Advil (that went over well, I might add), but ended up just letting him relax on the couch.
Tuesday: He ended up getting up around 4:00AM and finally took some Advil and said he felt MUCH better (again we were thinking it was muscle strain). I got home from the buying club to find Kevin looking quite pale and still complaining of pain. We picked up the kids from daycare and took them to Jan's. We then went straight to the ER to see what was going on, this was around 6:00PM. We sat 2 hours in the ER waiting room, as they were THAT busy! We felt very blessed to not have Kevin sitting there in a lot of pain, as there was a little girl, no bigger than Rachel that came in with a bloody head and a little baby that was very sick. At one point a guy came in that was SO drunk that he had the smell of alcohol perfuming the waiting room! He got a room before any of us (he began asking an African American guy if he was a rapper!)
Once we got settled into Triage (The drunk guy was next door banging around and cussing the two Sheriff's Deputies), a Physician's Assistant came in and thought maybe Kevin had an appendicitis (we thought the same thing, but Kevin didn't have some of the symptoms). They did a CT scan and hadn't even completed the other tests before assessing he needed an appendectomy. We called his parents and left a message with mine...and just waited for the on call surgeon.
Dr. Ihnat was the on call surgeon, he came in and talked about the surgery and I do not remember how the conversation got on Northwest Indiana, but come to find out, Dr. Ihnat is the Uncle of a guy Kevin went to High School with and I guess, were good friends (Sorry, don't remember the guys name, but was on the football team with Kevin?). It was almost 12:30AM before Kevin got into surgery and was almost 2:00AM before he got out. The surgery was ONLY suppose to be an hour...so needless to say I was a wreck, luckily Cathy came up to the Hospital and waited with me. (THANKS Cathy!) Kevin came through okay, what we thought was an intact appendix, ended up being slightly ruptured, so more time was needed to make sure all was cleaned up internally. It was 3:00AM before I got to see him in his room and after 4:30AM once we were able to finally call it a day!
Wednesday and Thursday: I spent my time with Kevin at the hospital and luckily for us we have some great friends, Jan and Russell who kept the kids Tuesday and Wednesday night so I could be with Kevin. Jan even took them to daycare for me! (THANKS JAN!!) We got released late Thursday night (after 8PM).
It was a few crazy, sleepless days for me, but I am just SO glad he is alright!!!!!! It's Sunday again (1/24) and he seems to be doing well. He has been released to go back to work tomorrow and as long as he is no longer taking the pain medication, he can drive. I keep telling him to take it slower, but he is already trying to wean himself off of the medication and seeing how well Tylenol helps him.
I hope this fills in the gaps of our frantic and sometimes cryptic Facebook status messages, but we appreciate all the thoughts, prayers and well wishes! Please continue to keep him in your prayers, as it will probably be a little bit before he is 100%.
-Ally
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