Our tough lil guy

So as it turns out, the fevers are from an infection caused by appendicitis. We had a full day of stomach pain. Major pain. He threw up twice. He slept off and on and when he was awake, he just moaned the entire time. His fevers lessened, but the worry grew. He had blood in his stool. We didn't know what was going on. The pain meds weren't touching it. We were so helpless. He didn't eat all day. Next thing we know, we are on the plane getting life flighted to PCMU again. Does life flight ever become a common thing? I don't think so. But it is never a good thing when you know the drill and where to go, what to do. In the ambulance from the SLC airport to the hospital, JD had just peed and it wasn't hooked to anything. It was a little bumpy and the ambulance floor was washed with JD's pee! The ambulance driver was pretty mad! I just laughed. Then we got to PCMU around 12:30 and my mom was here waiting. She stayed here until 5 am and then went to work all day. I don't know how she did it! Mom-you are the best. So today we did a CT scan of his stomach. Noooot fun. They gave him an edema and filled his bum full if liquid and put liquid through his PICC line so they could see his appendix good on the CT scan. He was not happy about that. Very uncomfortable. He thought he was gonna throw up, he had a fever, and needed to poop (obviously). CT scan showed he had possibly ruptured his appendix. We went to get an MRI and they told us no- he needs to wait for surgery. He is next on the list. So we went back to the room to wait. Then about 5:45 they took him away to remove his appendix. The Garn family came to visit, I felt bad that he was in surgery and we were just in the waiting room. Kelly came, my mom and my sisters, Tracie and Marti and her lil girl-Sincere. The doc came and told us that he had his appendix in 2 pieces. One was healing with scar tissue and the other was infected with poop in it. They were able to go in by scope and not make an incision. I was happy about that. The doc is a very high-profile doc, been on the news and documentaries. She did a great job. She said he must have had it rupture like 2-3 weeks ago. I couldn't believe it! How could he go that long without complaining? I am in shock. I feel bad too, like we should have caught it somehow. He has a tube from his nose draining his stomach and a tube fron his stomach draining any infection. And then the catheter. He is so thirsty and can't drink anything. I don't know how long he will have to go without. He may have to wait 4 days to eat. I can't even imagine that. He is already so little. When he got back to the room, he wanted to play Legos. He was very sad, he still couldn't drink, but he was able to sit up a little bit and build his Legos. It was nice to see! Thanks so much for the prayers and the thoughts, they really do help us get through!