The scariest day of my life part 2 D: - Surgery # 2

[MaturingMommy]

At 16 i had a ceserean section to deliver my little boy. Now at just 4 months later,(my son is 4 months old) i have just gotten home from having my second surgery of my life time without being prepard for it.

August 23,2009 i went to the ER because i kept getting dizzy and was having sharp stabbing pains in my ribs and my upper chest. my grandma thought it was gallstones and my mother thought i was aneimic. they did an ultrasound and couldnt see anything wrong. the doctor said it was probably just a stomach ulcer. he gave my some medicine and sent me home.

August 24,2009- At 3 am i woke up, the stabbing pains worse than ever. i honestly felt like my organs were being tore out of my body. at 4 am i couldnt take it any longer. i told my grandmother it was time to go back. when we pulled up to the er entrance they had to have two men remove me from the car because i couldnt move my body by myself. they took me in and did a CT scan and some abdominal x rays and they found that my appendix was infected. i had appendicitis.

i dont remember much after they gave me the relaxer asnd pain meds. they put me to sleep and the only recolection i have is that my throat is killing me. apperantly they put a tube in my throat to help me breath and i dont remember that except for the pain. so im finally home and im so glad i get to see my baby i have never been away from my son for more than 30 iminutes let alone the overnight stay at the hospital and the bottle of formula my grandma had to give him. it made him so unhappy. when i walked in the door he saw me and smiled real big and laughed. you could really tell he had missed me.

no one in my family has ever had a c-section and their appendix taken out excpecailly at this young an age. this experiance is by far the 2nd scariest moment of my life. i wasnt prepared for this but it happened and i had to go with it. of course it has made me stronger and a friend told me there isnt much more they can cut me open and take out lol.

The aftermath- so now i have 4 tiny iv holes in one arn ( 3 where the 1st nursed missed and 1 where i gave blood, all of which are now bruised over) and 2 tiny iv holes in the other arm (1 for the iv on the 23rd and one for the iv on the 24th, 25th) one extremely sore throat and 3 new scars (2 of which are on the edges of my c-section insicion and 1 right above my belly button) which now makes all my scars look like and one eyed smiley with dimples. of course i'll live. despite all that has happened to me in the past 5 months i am still the happy person with the sunny desposition i have always been. its because i have god, a wonderful family and amazing friends and a great supportive boyfriend to all help me get through whatever happens to me :)

Tags: surgery, pain, baby, breastfeeding, parenting, choices

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[mommy-]

Oct. 17, 2009 at 5:02 AM

i had this happen back in july! it is scary i am glad you made it out ok. mine was bad too i was only 15 weeks pregnant at the time! good luck in life hun