Sick Day

Yesterday morning I slept late, on a work day, no less. I slept horribly Tuesday night with horrible stomach pain and was up and down every 60 to 90 minutes. The pain localized in my right lower abdomen about 4:30 a.m., which I know from experience is a bad sign. I’ve had these pains before but they seemed to be related to chronic appendicitis, or at least that’s what the previous results showed. I struggled through Wednesday morning without eating anything and only drank about a half-cup of coffee and felt worse as the hours dragged along. I kept hoping for an upturn like in the past, but no joy. About 9:30 I went to the ER and 5 1/2 hours later headed into surgery for an appendix that showed signs of perforation. That’s my roundabout way of explaining why I didn’t do any writing yesterday or today, although I might get some in this afternoon from my hospital bed. Plan is to get out tomorrow and we’ll see. We’re also supposed to get a big snowstorm this weekend, and as always, I’ll believe it when I see it. I just got cleared for clear liquids and I’m inappropriately excited for chicken broth. Hoping to get back to my regular schedule by next week.