Do you know the warning signs of appendicitis?

I thought we did but we had self-diagnosed this as food poisoning with all the vomit and, uh, well you know. The abdominal pain wasn't localized at the appendix, so we thought it was sore vomit muscles. In our defense: diarrhea and vomiting aren't normal appendicitis symptoms.

Celeste complained she was ill on Wednesday morning. We gave it 24 hours; after 36 hours of increasing suckiness we thought we ought to get to an emergency room.

It was acute appendicitis. After being diagnosed at 2:30am, the doctors quibbled over whether to treat her for 6 weeks to reduce risk of damaging inflamed tissue (seriously doctor?) from neighboring organs. Luckily the smart doctor won out.



Pre-op action photos:

Busting through the O.R. doors. That's right, just like on all those medical dramas.
Post-op morphine induced faces:
I may get in trouble for these portraits.
Grinning and Bearing it: