Ouch!!!! Surgery on your 13th birthday is no fun!!!

Poor Jordan took sick late Thursday evening and by Friday evening it got worse so I took him to hospital and then Saturday morning I picked him up from the Russell Hospital and drove him to Dauphin for emergency surgery to remove his appendix. It was his 13th birthday. He was so good, never complaining until it was time to take a bandage off....and then he said he was scared for life.....lol.

The appendix was removed by laproscopy, so three little holes in his abdomen and the abdomen is filled with air so the doctor can have a good look around. Besides removing the appendix, the surgeon also found a meckel diverticulum. This is very rare. It was not removed but if it poses a problem later on, it will require major surgery to remove as part of the bowel would have to be removed as well. A small drain was left in for a few days and was removed the day before he was discharged. Jordan did not like the removal at all and told the nurse he was scarred for life...lol.

He had his IV put in at the Russell Hospital so anitbiotics could be started. It lasted until the night before discharge when a male nurse who thought he was so macho ended up pulling it out because he was not paying attention. Jordan had to be stuck several times to have another put in for the last two antibiotics.

The drain has been removed, Jordan was happy when it was out. It was alot longer than I expected. I told Jordan he actually had his innards tickled....lol.

I am so happy he is feeling better. He spent another week with me as he could not attend school for a week and Grandpa picked him up yesterday and he will go to school on Monday.

I got him a couple of balloons (one for his birthday and one to get well) to help cheer him up.

They let him use a TV to entertain himself while he was a patient.