I was watching tv just after 8 pm and the phone rang. It was my BFF. She NEVER calls after 8. She works long hours and goes to work early. I could tell the second she said hello, that something was wrong. She was in the emergency room with her DH. APPENDICITIS! Belly pain for almost 3 days increasing in intensity, rebound pain so her MD sent her in for a CT scan and off the ER she went. She hasn't had a cold in 3 years. She hasn't taken an antibiotic since 1981! She is never sick. I asked her if she wanted me to come to the ER and she said yes. I hurried off to a very crowded ER. My BFF is very "glamourous". She is pretty to start with but her hair is always perfect, her clothes are perfect and her makeup is always perfect. I got to the ER and asked her how she felt. "Awful". I told her, "I know you feel awful but you look really good". 
She laughed. Soon her DD arrived and I wasn't there very long when they rushed her off to the OR. They were able to remove the appendix laporascopically and send her home today. Her DH called this morning and wondered what he should bring for her to wear home. I told him something with an elastic waist, sweat pants, etc. He didn't know where they were. Knowing her, he said, "I will just iron what she wore yesterday and take it in". If it were my DH, I would be lucky to get something that matched! She is home now. I told her that I suggested sweatpants or something with an elastic waist. She was horrified! She said, "Dawn, whats the matter with you!? I don't own a pair of sweatpants or anything with an elastic waist". She is sore but is doing fine. Yesterday before she left work her boss said to her, "I know you don't feel well but could you grab me a cup of coffee?" I think that comment alone is worth an extra week at home! 
She laughed. Soon her DD arrived and I wasn't there very long when they rushed her off to the OR. They were able to remove the appendix laporascopically and send her home today. Her DH called this morning and wondered what he should bring for her to wear home. I told him something with an elastic waist, sweat pants, etc. He didn't know where they were. Knowing her, he said, "I will just iron what she wore yesterday and take it in". If it were my DH, I would be lucky to get something that matched! She is home now. I told her that I suggested sweatpants or something with an elastic waist. She was horrified! She said, "Dawn, whats the matter with you!? I don't own a pair of sweatpants or anything with an elastic waist". She is sore but is doing fine. Yesterday before she left work her boss said to her, "I know you don't feel well but could you grab me a cup of coffee?" I think that comment alone is worth an extra week at home! 
Her DD said "Mom, where did you get appendicitis?"! She pointed to her DH and said, "from him". The surgical resident looked very young and when we asked who the attending physician would be, she told us. I could tell that it didn't answer my BFF's concerns, so I said, "let me put it bluntly, does he have any gray hair". The resident didn't pick up on it right way, but then said, "Oh, I see, actually he doesn't but he's old enough to". BFF said, "Oh good, I feel better".
