Somehow, it is all ok.
For the first time in about 3 years I actually sent out Christmas cards!
Saturday night Gene had some pain in his abdomen (thought maybe it was appendicitis). He never complains about pain and has a high tolerance. So, this worried me. Jacob was having trouble sleeping so he went with us about midnight over to the ER. This was the first time I've ever been to the Emergency room. Gene immediately got sick (lost all of the turkey dinner we had just eaten- we had a belated celebration of Thanksgiving). They did alot of tests that took hours (unbelievably slow!) Finally about 2:30 got him some pain meds that actually worked. Did an iodine drink and CT scan of his innards to pinpoint the problem. Turns out his gall bladder was really inflamed and not functioning correctly.
It was so bad the surgeon said it was in super bad shape and he SHOULD have been in pain for a long time (it was a chronic inflamation, irritation). He had many gall stones and if one of them had tried to pass while it was inflamed, it could have been really bad...
They scheduled him for surgery Sun. morning. It was a really long night (I got home with Jacob about 5 am) and slept for 2 hours and then took the kids back to the hospital to see him about 9:30. He had surgery about 12 and all went well. They are doing follow-up tests today and will need about a week off of work.
A forced vacation right before Christmas. It's a wonderful blessing and I'm so grateful all went well.
Favorite ways to "hug" after family prayer.
I didn't get pictures while we decorated....but, the tree is up!
