Here is the drama for my family from the last 24 hours. Wow! It was a long day.
Brother #1 was in pain all night and was told to go to the ER in the morning for apendicitis. He went and was waiting in the room. They were prepping him for a cat scan, but had to move him from his room. The room he was in is used for the mental patients. As they moved brother #1 out, they moved brother #2 into the room. He is schizophrenic and was having a breakdown. I found out later that he actually noticed he was having symptoms and turned himself in. That is a huge step.
Well as brother#2 is moved into the room, brother #1 has his appendix rupture, so they have to take him into emergency surgery.
So I make Arin come home, I drop the kids off with DH and I head to the hospital. They told my SIL that brother #1 would be in surgery for 45 mins-1 hour max. He was in surgery for almost 3 hours. When they opened him up they found out his appendix was fine and healthy, but that he had a section of intestine and colon that had ballooned and was dying off. They had to cut about 6 inches out. They are having doctors come and look at him today.
While we were going back and forth between the waiting room for brother #1 to come out of surgery and recovery we visited with brother #2. While I was talking to brother #2 I then saw a friend of mine who was in the ER for chest pains. She had stents put in a couple weeks back and was having chest pain, so I sat with her for a little while as her husband wasn't there yet.
Finally brother #1 was put into his own room and we went to visit him. He was pretty out of it and in a ton of pain, but made the occasional joke. He is doing okay today, but will have a long road of recovery ahead.
Brother #2 was then transfered from the ER to a new behavorial hospital and will spend some time there.
So all in all, everyone is good and getting better.
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