Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Rachel is in the hospital.....

ok, for those who don't know the whole story,here it goes. Monday about 12:00 rachel started complaining that her stomach hurt, I dismissed it as her hypocondriac condition. later that evening still complaining. about 8:00 started throwing up. ended about 1:30 a.m. tuesday morning she could barley walk so we took her into the dr. he said, yup appendicitus (i really don't know how to spell it and I'm in a hurry so sorry) anyway, he sent us to the er so we stopped back by and had dad give her a blessing and we were on our way. They called ahead to er. we still waited in the waiting room about anhour or so. another doctor examined her and he said yup! i agree so we went to a room in er and she had to drink some stuff for a cat scan (which she never had due to the sure concensus of the doctors) anyway she went into surgery at about 5:50:p.m and it was suposto be a quick in and out laproscopic surgery only 45 minutes to an hour. about an hour and a half later we were concerned and the or nurse called and said things were slow but the doc would be out to let us know shortly. well, the dr came out about an hour after that telling us they had had a bit of a problem as one of the laproscopic things (which are spring loaded) slipped and cut a vein (he said nicked) anyway, she started bleading and losing lots of blood so theyhad to open her up and fix things and put in a breathing tube and such. It was pretty critical. so a surgery that was suposto last 45 minutes lasted 3 hours. She is in icu and will be there a few days and then a regular room a few more. Today they took the breathing tube out at 1:00 but spencer just called me (5:30) and said they had to put it back in because she is struggling to breath so...... we will keep you posted. we would appreciate all the prayers you could give her. thanks!! Back to the hospital..ta ta

7 comments:

Harris Family said...

oh my stars... we will keep you in our prayers. let us know if we can do anything. We love you.

sarahtuckett said...

Good Heavens! What hospital is she at? Keep us posted....How scary! Tell her she can be in a club with me -- I don't have an appendix and almost died getting it out, and was in the hospital for a month...

Marcina said...

Oh Karen! I'm so sorry! We are praying for you!

Vowell Family said...

We are thinking of you and praying for Rachel!

Cherai said...

Oh Dear! How scary. She is our prayers. If you need anything on the home front let me know.

Paul and Em said...

Shannon told me yesterday. I wish I were there to visit her. I remember when both my sister and my Dad went through that surgery, it was a really scary experience for me. Please let us know how things go. We wil keep praying for her. Love you guys tons!

Cindy said...

Shannon has been updating Kami with texting. We are thinking about you guys. Keep posting updates on your blog. We pray for a quick recovery.