I'm back!!
Just home from the whole insane hospital ordeal. So---o tired! There ended up being disagreement among my surgeon and the radiologist & primary care physician that diagnosed my appendicitis based on exam, labs, low grade fever, ultra sound and CT scan. But, I have been fighting this entire afternoon claiming that my appendix is NOT going to burst...nor was I convinced that it needed to be removed. When I put my foot down and insisted to drive home to leave my car there and have Ben take me to the hospital, the radiologist flipped! He wanted me to go straight to the surgeon HE recommended across the street and THEN go home. I'm not that naive!! At that point, they would have transported me via ambulance and then not have allowed me to go home AND end up in the hospital that I didn't want-Overlake. I wanted to go to the hospital I work at-Virginia Mason.
The long and short of it is that in the time it took me to get home and reach Ben, I was able to take a few Tylenols for this blazing migraine that was coming on from the lack of food and water (10 hours). Poof....no more abdominal pain! By the time I reached VM's ER where I was to check in and be reevaluated prior to surgery, the pain was essential gone...after 25 endless hours prior of intense pain! I was adamant about NOT having the surgery since I was magically feeling better = my appendix likely is NOT going to rupture, right? The surgeon reviewed the ultrasound and CT and determined there to be a "structure" in my pelvis that is likely my appendix that is dilated and inflammed HOWEVER if I'm feeling fine, she was NOT comfortable putting me under this $20-30K surgery without insurance with my results pointing to surgery, but my pain essentially gone. Now that being said, I MAY get worse again and if that happens, I just go back to the ER and I get admitted for surgery. But, if I get better...it wasn't my appendix and I will just need to watch out for a while. Everything with my test results were so borderline, she just wasn't convinced. I was encouraged NOT to return to the Issaquah doc-which in other words meant she didn't agree with his diagnosis.
I'm just so------o happy to be home. I felt like a helpless prisoner stripped of my rights as to what would happen... Ahh-freedom!!! I'll be staying home taking it easy tomorrow :) *crossing my fingers*
Btw, I have the BEST boyfriend (crunchpod) EVER!!! Though this was a stressful time, he did what he could and I don't blame him for freaking out...I think he was just as scared as I was :(
Okay...time to rest :) Thanks for all of the support (to Ben, myself, and the girls) and well wishes :)
The long and short of it is that in the time it took me to get home and reach Ben, I was able to take a few Tylenols for this blazing migraine that was coming on from the lack of food and water (10 hours). Poof....no more abdominal pain! By the time I reached VM's ER where I was to check in and be reevaluated prior to surgery, the pain was essential gone...after 25 endless hours prior of intense pain! I was adamant about NOT having the surgery since I was magically feeling better = my appendix likely is NOT going to rupture, right? The surgeon reviewed the ultrasound and CT and determined there to be a "structure" in my pelvis that is likely my appendix that is dilated and inflammed HOWEVER if I'm feeling fine, she was NOT comfortable putting me under this $20-30K surgery without insurance with my results pointing to surgery, but my pain essentially gone. Now that being said, I MAY get worse again and if that happens, I just go back to the ER and I get admitted for surgery. But, if I get better...it wasn't my appendix and I will just need to watch out for a while. Everything with my test results were so borderline, she just wasn't convinced. I was encouraged NOT to return to the Issaquah doc-which in other words meant she didn't agree with his diagnosis.
I'm just so------o happy to be home. I felt like a helpless prisoner stripped of my rights as to what would happen... Ahh-freedom!!! I'll be staying home taking it easy tomorrow :) *crossing my fingers*
Btw, I have the BEST boyfriend (crunchpod) EVER!!! Though this was a stressful time, he did what he could and I don't blame him for freaking out...I think he was just as scared as I was :(
Okay...time to rest :) Thanks for all of the support (to Ben, myself, and the girls) and well wishes :)