The Longest Gallbladder

My wednesday was like any other day, the kids went to school, came home, relaxed, cooked dinner. Mmm Sausage and peppers!

Nearly the death of me!

After dinner we settled down and were getting the kids ready for bed, baths - jammies - American Idol.
As I layed in bed I noticed some fierce heartburn starting to come over me, so I got up and grabbed my Zantac and popped one in the chute.  Waiting for relief the pain got worse and worse. I waited a half hour and took another. Worse and worse, eventually I found myself in the bathroom curled up in excruciating pain! I could find one position to relive it. I sat, I stood, I bent over, I curled up. It was horrible. After realizing something may be wrong I started calling my mom. Finally after what seemed hours ( it was only 20 minutes) She called me back... COME GET ME!  She rushed me over to the E.R.

We think its your gallbladder...
No way I say, I think its bad heartburn...
We are pretty sure its your gallbladder we have to transfer you to a hospital.
Seriously??

Off I went to the hospital in my fancy ambulance.

The next morning I went for some sort of gallbladder scan. Where I layed on a metal board with a xray machine one inch from my chest for TWO HOURS! My back was killing me! They injected dye into my IV and I sat there and watched it move through my liver and into my gallbladder where it then should have moved to my intestines... and nothing. It stopped. I was broken!

The Death Chamber

So after they were 100% convinced it was indeed my gallbladder they scheduled me for surgery. Removed it and I sat in the hospital trying to recuperate until Saturday. And I say try, because I had two roommates from H E double hockey sticks! They were both old and both didn't know how to use their nurse call button so they screamed constantly. UGH!
My doctor came in to let me know the surgery went well and told me I had the biggest gallbladder he had ever seen in all his years working as a surgeon. Appalled I asked what that meant and he said nothing, its like as if I complimented that you had a large big toe. I laughed. Alrighty then. Good bye abnormally large gallbladder....

Dinner is served... Before surgery

Dessert After Surgery... Peanut Butter Pie!

I am home now thank goodness, but am still in a lot of pain. I feel like I have nine lives... These crazy things keep happening to me and I keep surviving. I dont know what I have left to accomplish here on earth but am so thankful for the chance!

That was my weekend, how was yours??