Woody finally decided this morning that he should probably go to the Emergency Room. So around 9am he got signed in to the ER. There weren't many emergencies at the time so it didn't take long till he got called back. He was still sure that he had a kidney stone. Because his white count was elevated, they did a CT scan...and planned to do one with contrast, but his creatinin level was up so they couldn't do the contrast. He was pretty dehydrated...reason that his creatinin level was up. Anyway, not long after they did the CT scan they came in and informed him that his appendex had ruptured! He was very surprised. He said that he guessed that he was just trying to catch up with his grandsons. Both Graham and Alex had theirs rupture when they were quite young. So I guess he decided that he needed to keep up with the younger generation! Everything got underway pretty quickly (for an ER visit)...a surgeon was called and things went from there...various and sundry of the medical team checking in with him and filling in information. He had his surgery (wheeled in at 2:45) and was back in a hospital room before 5pm. The doctor and nurses said that he did great. We have been told that the next couple of days may be rocky...as in running a high temperature, etc. When I left him a while ago, he seemed to be resting quietly, but was alert when nurses came in and asked him questions. He was hoping to be able to get some sleep. I'm planning on a good night's rest too...I'm pretty tired at the moment. We never know from one day to the next what to expect! And, we learned today that Woody having had so many kidney stone attacks masked a pain of a different sort.
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