Not what I expected...

[aprilsails]

So last night I had my friend's wedding. It was a total marathon day (starting at 6am) but it went well, my dress looked great, my speech was good and she had a fantastic time and wasn't too anxious (she doesn't like being the centre of attention at all).

DH showed up for the ceremony since he had been away at a friend's cottage for the weekend. All night he was crabby and annoying so I just ignored him. Normally he's the life of the party at a wedding and I didn't understand what the fuck was wrong with him (other than likely a lack of sleep or a hangover, but he said he hadn't drunk much at all, and he can generally hold his liquor).

We left the party at 12:30 since I was done and my feet were killing me and DH had obviously just held on until I gave the go-ahead to leave. Came home, crashed in bed. DH was up maybe 1 hour later pacing the room and freaking out since his stomach hurt really badly.  I suggested some treatment options (take a bath, drink water, take pepto-bismol, eat, etc) and went to sleep.

He never went to sleep all night. He tried everything I suggested in turn and then woke me up at 9am in a panic for me to take him to the hospital.  It's a holiday Monday here so it's at least quiet but also short-staffed. My office is 5 minutes away so I basically saw him through triage and then ducked into work.  I don't know if it's appendicitis or what yet, he's waiting on some tests.

I had about 5 people tell me that the entrance to the birthing unit was open and on the other side of the hospital when my 37 week ass walked in. I was laughing since I didn't even have any Braxton Hicks yesterday (which is amazing since I was on my feet a lot and was dancing too). Not my stomach today!

So now I'm working (kind of) and a bit frustrated. This was my day off this weekend to start setting up the nursery and to install the car seats and pack the diaper bag etc.  I'm busy the next 3 weeknights so it probably won't happen until next weekend. Oh well.  Baby better just sit tight.

[preppy]

I hope the tests come back clear and it is nothing!!

[Deleted]

I hope that your H is okay and feels better soon. Try to take it easy.

[miamigirl]

I hope he's ok and feels better soon. Try to relax.

[brandienee]

Yuck. I hope that he is okay. That stinks.

I am so glad that your friend had a great wedding and you were able to hang in there.

[shauni27]

I hope he feels better soon! Poor guy!

[jennistarr1]

my prediction, they will admit him, you will go into labor, he will discharge just in time to see the baby born

[aprilsails]

Aug 3, 2015 10:52:36 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

my prediction, they will admit him, you will go into labor, he will discharge just in time to see the baby born

Nope. Baby had better hang tight.  I have too much to do in the next three weeks.

Besides, I feel really good and have had no signs of early labour, which isn't common in my family. I fully expect that I will go well past my due date in 3 weeks.

[brandienee]

This isn't the first story I've read on here where the H gets seriously sick right before the baby is due. Maybe there's some weird physiological phenomenon that makes men suffer a little so they can try to understand what's coming... or something.

I really hope that's all it is though. I hope he is okay.

[jennistarr1]

Aug 3, 2015 10:58:17 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Aug 3, 2015 10:52:36 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

my prediction, they will admit him, you will go into labor, he will discharge just in time to see the baby born

Nope. Baby had better hang tight.  I have too much to do in the next three weeks.

Besides, I feel really good and have had no signs of early labour, which isn't common in my family. I fully expect that I will go well past my due date in 3 weeks.

uh huh

[liverandonions]

Wow, that's crazy! Glad your wedding craziness is over, but hope your husband is ok!

[MrsMB]

Hope he feels better soon and you can relax! Here's to you having a non-eventful weekend this coming weekend!

[aprilsails]

Now I'm really feeling badly for him. He's been in there 4.5 hours and is still waiting on an ultrasound. They think it's either kidney stones or appendicitis. Either way, his white blood cell count is through the roof so there is something wrong.

Sucks that this had to happen on a holiday Monday. He probably would have been seen much sooner on a normal day.

[jennistarr1]

when do you leave work?

[aprilsails]

He had appendicitis. I spent the evening at the hospital with him but he's still waiting on surgery. I just left at 9:00 (feel like a terrible wife) but I had to go home to feed the cats and get some sleep myself. He got bumped by more emergent surgeries since they only have one OR open due to the holiday. Worst day ever to get sick.

Poor guy. He's really not happy about this. I don't blame him. They blew out two of his veins and he hasn't eaten in 24 hours and isn't allowed to. What a shit way to end the weekend.

[liverandonions]

Oh man. What a crappy update, poor guy. Hope he's feeling better tomorrow after the surgery!

[Koala]

Oh no. I hope he feels better after the surgery.

[miamigirl]

Oh no... I hope he gets better soon

[mskitkat]

Wow, that's awful. I hope he recovers quickly!

[brandienee]

Omg. I am so sorry for him. Seriously sending you both good vibes. :-(

[cactuscookie]

Ugh, poor guy, that sounds terrible. I hope they get him in soon and he gets some relief.

[aprilsails]

He's in surgery now. I don't think I'm going to be able to get any sleep until I hear he is ok. It's just laparoscopic but still freaking me out a bit.

[aprilsails]

So as of 4am he is appendix free but going to be held in the hospital all day today since he had a bad reaction to the anesthetic (we told the nurses this would likely happen since his Mom has major issues with the stuff).

I did not sleep. His Dad kept on texting me all night. They also brought him down to the OR and then back to his room since the anesthesiologist had to run off to the birthing unit to take care of some soon-to-be mothers.

I don't want to go to work.

[jennistarr1]

Oh goodness, so sorry...I had a bad feeling about this all along, just how quick he went from "bad mood" husband to "I need to go to the hospital". For me, when guys say that, it's serious

[sookie]

I'm so sorry. Can you take today off to try to rest and possibly relax?

[aprilsails]

Aug 4, 2015 8:45:00 GMT -5 sookie said:

I'm so sorry. Can you take today off to try to rest and possibly relax?

I came in 1.5 hours late and it looks as though they will be discharging him at 2 so I'll be leaving 3 hours early.

I took off Friday for my friend's bachelorette so I need to keep on top of a few things. I'm almost done the critical stuff, after that, I will likely do some mindless busy work.

The good news is the office is 5 minutes from the hospital, so when he is ready to go I can get him out of there and home much more quickly.

[Muddled]

I hope he has a quick and easy recovery. Poor dude.

[MrsMB]

So sorry I hope he recovereS quickly and you both get some REST!