Tyler's Appendectomy

Yesterday Tyler was at work when he called saying that he had a horrible pain in his abdomen. I knew something was really wrong because he sounded terrible and was sitting in his car in the parking garage resting during an important training. Within the hour he came home and I took him to the Urgent Care. They suspected Appendicitis there and sent us to the main hospital for a scan.
After about 5 hours of tests and waiting (THANK YOU to my dear friends who managed my kids all that time!) we found out that he did in fact need to go in for surgery! So about 8:30 they took him in for the first surgery of his life! He didn't seem too nervous, just anxious to get the pain to go away.

I waited for a couple hours in the empty waiting room, eating cheez-ITS and wishing I had a family member or friend there with me. I was very thankful to my cousin Chloe who was at my house staying the night so I didn't have to hurry home. About 10:30 they brought him back and he looked good. He was very woosey and sleepy, his voice hoarse from the tube in his throat, but he said he felt better!
I tried to stay the night with him there but that was a joke. Between nurse visits, the blood pressure machine and his snoring... I was making myself nuts. So I left around midnight.
Today he is good! His stomach hurts and it is hard for him to sit up and get around, but I think he will recover in no time. He was supposed to head out for a business trip to Germany on Sunday morning but we've cancelled that... and now his mom Shauna is flying in for the week to lighten the load. The kids and I are thrilled!!