Our Not So Fun Halloween

About 12:30am, Halloween morning, Carter came into our room (not an unlikely event) and as I was taking him back to bed, he said "Isaac needs you." When I get to their room Isaac is on his bed shaking and crying and he had sent Carter in to get me because he couldn't get down his ladder. After holding him for awhile I took him into Eric and told him something wasn't right. He put his expertise to good use and decided we better take him in. He thought that Isaac had appendicitis. After a night of Disney channel cartoons, 20 oz of contrast for his CT (not as good as he had hoped), a CT, and a mean ol' IV, the Dr.'s confirmed Eric's suspicions and they admitted Isaac. When Eric was taking him down for his CT, he told Isaac, "I bet you never thought you'd get to go inside a big camera." To which Isaac responded, "I never thought I'd be a battery!" They gave him nausea medication and some antibiotics, so Isaac actually started feeling fine. He was ready to jump out of bed so that he would be home in time for trick or treating. His face fell, his eyes filled up with tears, and his lip started to quiver when I told him we wouldn't be able to make it home. He ended up having a better Halloween in the hospital than he would have at home. Minus his costume, he still got candy, painted a pumpkin, watched movies, got new toys, and was waited on hand and foot. They finally took him into surgery around 5:00pm and he was zonked out until 12:30am. We told him that they were going to "fix" him, but I guess we didn't explain well enough because he freaked out when he saw his bandage. He does NOT like surgery, but is getting over it. We finally convinced him to walk a little today and that perked him up. So much for Superman this year!

One day after surgery. Not feeling so hot.

Two days after surgery. Life is getting a little better!