the benders: Who has time for appendicitis?!

Monday evening after a casual dinner with the Hazlewoods, Wesley said his stomach hurt, and he was headed to bed. I didn't think much of it until Wesley woke me up at 12:30 am saying the pain was getting worse.

I called our doctor's advice line and left a message with the nurser on call. Before the nurse could call us back, we had "googled" his symptoms and decided Wesley needed to get to the hospital.

Since we had three kids we didn't want to wake, Wesley decided to drive himself the 2 miles to the hospital. I was on the phone with him as he traveled to the ER. Once he was checked in, I went back to sleep until his 3 am call saying it was appendicitis. He would have an appendectomy on Tuesday.

Foolishly, we told his family not to come & that we would be fine. Thankfully, his brother Joel didn't listen and traveled down to stay with Wesley in the hospital.

By mid morning, I realized I was not going to be able to do it all with out help and called Jack & Lynne. They jumped in the car and headed down as well. I carted the kids around all day while Joel, along with Ben and Terry Irwin from church, stayed at the hospital during the surgery. Once he was out, Joel switched places with me, and I was able to go see our patient.

While I was at the hospital, Jack and Lynne arrived and relieved Joel of his child watching duty. After dinner, I traveled home and Jack headed to the hospital to spend the night with Wesley. Wednesday morning, Wesley was dismissed from the hospital and started his recovery at home.

All of this took place as Wesley was preparing to leave for Costa Rica on Saturday. The doctor told him he would be fine to still go, but once he arrived home and realized the extent of the pain, he made preparations to back out of the trip. I know the team missed him but I was so grateful he wasn't going to finish his recovery in the jungles of Costa Rica!

Jack took Philip to one of our neighbors for a play date Wednesday morning.

With Philip at a friend's, Elizabeth sleeping and Jack and Lynne taking care of Wesley, I went to pick up Jackson from sports camp. After camp, we stopped by Publix to stock up on what we would need while Wesley was recovering. They were slammed so Jackson filled in as our bagger!