Yesterday was a scary day as a mom. Princess Girly Girl woke up saying her tummy hurt but I thought she was just trying to get out of school, gave her some tums and sent her off to school. I got a all about 1pm saying she was dizzy and in the nurses office. I went to pick her up, she said I really don’t feel well. She went upstairs to change into her pajamas and never came back down. She left asleep so I let her sleep. This kids does not take naps. She spelt for three hours. When she woke up the first thing she said it my tummy still hurts and now my head is hurting. By this time it is about 5pm. I ask her do you think you need to go to urgent care. Why did I ask my 6 yo, because she is pretty good about saying what she is feeling I had no problem taking her to urgent care but she knows the wait can be long and if the pain is worth the trip. She says I want to lay here on the couch for a few minutes. I keep checking her and dinner is ready, she looks at dinner and says my tummy hurts too much to eat. At this point I know the kid is in some serious pain because she loves to eat. I tell her it is time, lets go to urgent care. For once there was no one there, we got right in and the doctor was concerned because it was on the right side and he could tell that she was really hurting at this point and now she is running a fever. At this point we are scratching our heads because there is not vomiting, no diarrhea, no nothing We do urine tests, nothing. He says I think we need to rule out appendicitis. The lab here is closing for the night, let me call the ER and talk to the surgeon. They say bring her down. Well the urgent care doctor says she is fast tracked they should take her as soon as you get there. Well that did not happen because two critical case came, one of which was a shot deputy. We finally got back there at 12:30 am. They took her to cat scan right away. They were awesome with her. They came a did blood work and Princess Girly Girl told the sweet lady if you use a butterfly and tube then I know it will not hurt. We the lady went and grabbed the stuff and Princess Girly Girl sat there like a charm. She knew about the butterfly because of kindergarten exam about two years ago. She did not ever wince. The lady was so happy that she did so well. We got all the results and every thing was fine. So we are not completely ruled out I, Have to take her back to the doctor today. Watch her fever (which she is running) and keep her on clear liquids. They said appendicitis is hard and communication would be our key.
So thank you for all the prayers, it really helped. I was terrified that there was even a chance Princess Girly Girl would be going into surgery. So thank you.
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