I pray this will be his last complication!! The Dr did open surgery, vs. laprascopic. He drained his abscess, and removed his appendix. He has a drainage tube, and he also left his incision "open" for now, and will tape it shut at a later date. He has a catheter, and all in all is feeling really lousy. The breathing tube, even once removed, made it difficult for him to talk, so all he did was look at us with his big brown eyes, teary, with his bottom lip out, and put his thumbs down...as in "thumbs down"...this bites...
He is in a lot of pain right now. Poor kid. He's such a trooper. The DR said he will be in hospital anywhere from 3 to 10 days depending on how he does, and how quickly he recovers and can eat, and pass the food he eats without getting sick....
I am going to attach a pic of his wound, but it is wrapped in gauze. I pray for a quick recovery. I pray that he gets no post-op infection, abscesses, etc... He's been through enough! But I trust that no matter what happens God is in control, He is protecting my boy, and in the end things will be just fine.
Its sort of weird when I think about the appendix. It should be, in today's world, such an easy situation to deal with. Had it not ruptured, had it not been so slow to heal, it would have been. For whatever reason, this is our trial right now. And we are here for Caleb through it all. It was cute, about a week ago, he had a dream that "I was sick for too long, so you stopped caring for him, Dad stopped caring about him, and I died, but don't worry! I woke up before I actually died, but i know that is what happened."
No, Caleb. We will NEVER stop caring. We will do whatever we have to do to see you through this!! I promise!!
I love you the most! (and you are not here to tell me otherwise!!)
Mamma
