Hospital Trip Number One!

So I thought my next blog post would be one filled with pictures of our new little baby boy. Sadly we had one more trip to the hospital before the baby and it wasn't even for me!

Thursday morning at about 3am Mack woke up with a horrible stomach ache. He moved from couch to bed all night trying to sleep. In the morning he seemed like he was going to get sick so he stayed home from work and rested. Then later that night we went over to his parents’ house for some company. Mack seemed to be getting better until about 8pm where he all of a sudden became really painful, dizzy and nauseated. Thankfully his dad had not left for China and Jesse was hanging out there too, so they gave him a quick blessing. Poor Mack had a hard time even getting home and put up no fight about me driving him home. He was still pretty sure he would get to work tomorrow morning.

However Friday morning was no better. And by the time I left work at 2, he had talked to his dad and the Doctor who both seemed to think this was not just the flu anymore and might be something more like appendix (which by the way I had said he might have as a joke the night before…). So we took him to the ER.

Luckily we got in very quickly and the doctors very quickly decided that it was indeed Appendicitis. We had many blessing that night. Zach had time to bring me lunch/dinner. Then Jesse and Hannah came to give support. The doctors got Mack in to surgery very quickly and were able to do it with minimum openings. They also got him out of surgery just in time to rush down to the basement before the big storms (thankfully Stillwater only got rain, lightning and thunder and a little hail). And to top it all off the wonderful Jesse and Hannah were able to get to our house grab all of my things (who would have thought I would have needed my hospital bag before I went in to labor) get to the hospital and get home almost unscathed. They did get a flat tire L

Mack recovered from the anesthesia rather well. He did tell me that I should absolutely not have a C-section. Shout out to Whitney for having one! Mack now feels a little bit of your pain! We did spend the night at the hospital, which I can now tell you from experience the little hospital chair is not conducive to sleep when you are 9 months pregnant. But we are now how and Mack is resting.

The doctors said it was a very early case of appendicitis. I think the biggest blessing has come from little Mr. Stetson! The doctor has been saying for the last two weeks that he thinks I could have the baby very very soon, and honestly I was hoping that I would. Stetson, on the other hand, I think, knew that Daddy would be having some trouble soon and so decided to hold off on making his grand entrance until Dad was safe from harm. I am so thankful for such a thoughtful baby already.

I am thankful to all the blessings and all those who said prayers and who checked up on us! I am also thankful that both of my boys are safe and healthy for the time being!