Surgery Thursday
I haven't written about this much because it has just been too stressful around here, but Rachel will be having hernia surgery on Thursday. She has been in a lot of pain this past week, awaiting the surgery and this has made her and I extra tired and cranky. The crap thing about this whole ordeal is that, 1. She was born with the hernia and likely it just started to hurt OR she just started to be able to tell us it hurts. and 2. She has been telling us it hurts since Xmas and it took 3 doctor's appointments and my Google skills to diagnosis it. All of this makes me very very upset and sad that she could have possibly been in pain for a long time. It also makes me mad that our first appointment for this problem happened the day after Xmas and they were so under-staffed that they didn't even stop to think it might be a hernia. They just said she had a rash and gave us some cream. Three appointments, a sonogram and a half day in the Hematology department later and we are finally almost done with this.
All of this makes me understand how it must feel to be a parent who doesn't have health insurance for their children. How horrible it is to see your child in pain and worse to have to rely on others to fix it. We have pretty good health insurance and care, but this has still been less than easy to get fixed.
Anyway, we are finally getting the surgery on Thursday, so please send us positive thoughts.
Comments
I don't know how different it is for girls, but my son had hernia surgery at around 2 years. They bounce back so quick. I hadn't even recovered from the stress of sitting in the waiting room, and he was ready to rock.
Don't beat yourself up; we do the best we can based on what we know and can see and understand.
The best thing about pain is that it becomes hard to remember pretty quickly.
Posted by: Susan | February 12, 2008 1:47 PM
Poor kid. Please let me know if I can do anything.
Posted by: Cori in 308 | February 12, 2008 2:15 PM
Sending happy thoughts your way. Sam had his tonsils out when he was three and was running around and jumping on the bed that night.
Posted by: Shayne | February 12, 2008 2:17 PM
Hundreds of heartfelt good thoughts and all my love to you all xx will be thinking of you guys on thursday x
Posted by: emily | February 12, 2008 3:23 PM
How awful and frustrating. I would be in tears and kicking mad, thinking about my girl in pain for I don't know how long. I'll be sending positive thoughts your way.
Posted by: Kuky | February 12, 2008 8:38 PM
love to you all
xx
Posted by: carly | February 13, 2008 5:26 AM
I agree that she'll probably kick back faster than you! Our little one had surgery a few weeks back and he was back to himself in a few hours--we weren't. But that's part of being a parent--worrying, constantly.
We hope everything goes smoothly for Rachel and the rest of your clan, and that she has an extra speedy recovery so she can get back to her job--playing and having fun!
Posted by: Matt D. | February 13, 2008 6:15 AM