so long, farewell, auf weidersehen, adieu...

...to mommy's appendix, a hemorrhagic cyst, and a bit o'ovary! yep, that's right folks. oh where, oh where, has little blogger somer been? in the hos-pi-tal! so here's the story: thursday night i felt a bit poorly. i didn't sleep well, and finally got up at 4am with severe abdominal cramping (this might be tmi, so beware as you read ahead), i figured i had some sort of stomach bug and headed for the main bathroom (as to not wake anyone up). at 7:30 that is where clif found me. the pain had gone from severe to intense and i was a bit nervous. i began throwing up (not from nausea, but literally the pain was overtaking me), i found that the bradley method used in child labor was all that helped. clif came to check on me at some point, bring a new barf bucket, and (this is the hardest part to believe) i was utterly speechless. he told me he was taking bauer to dad's and vivian was asleep, i was just barely able to nod. it wasn't ten minutes later i knew something was very, very, VERY wrong, and i was afraid. the cold sweats had drenched ALL of me and my pj's, and i was shaking uncontrollably. i managed to find my cell phone and dial 911, then dial celeste. thank god we are so connected as friends that all i had to utter was "sissy, come get vivian." and might i just add, she made it BEFORE the ambulance!! jon was waiting for me at the hospital, and clif was on his way, so they began a fury of tests and scans. the appendix looked "oddly placed and suspicious", and my white count was 20,000, so it was a pretty good estimate the appendix was the culprit. after a brief discussion i was off to the or. NOW, if you have made it this far HERE is the kicker. after the initial location of the appendix dr. d noticed excessive blood. I WAS HEMORRHAGING from somewhere! he quickly located a ovarian cyst that had burst. so as i like to say, "i got a 2 for 1 deal!" after removing the cyst (and small piece of ovary) AND that pesky appendix (which just happened to be a life saver THIS time...i mean it is what made us head to the or to start with) i was back in my room before 8:30 pm. the next day i got up at 5am, took a shower, washed my hair, put on a little bit of "boostick" and went for a walk around the hospital. it is amazing how great you feel when you aren't hemorrhaging internally!

and just as proof of how happy and great i feel, i made clif take a picture.

oh, this is what poor cliffy had to do most of the day...keep up with the insane number of quiznos emails...he has a love/hate relationship with that blackberry, i swear it!

and here is happy me going home...twenty four hours after being admitted, and only a little more than twelve after surgery. see i told you i was ok! thanks to everyone for their love and prayers. thanks to jon, my hero anesthesiologist, sissy for taking vivian, daddy and dotdot for spending the night with the kiddos, steph for the visit, and jill for the flowers. and a very special thank you to my cliffy, who helped me pee no less than twenty times last night (that is something only true love can provide). i am so blessed to have all of you as a part of my life! :)