Earning my Keep

This week, I've been earning my keep.

The good news is that Bo's appendectomy was as textbook as they come, and he came home Monday night, the day after. The Surgeon was sheepish when he relayed it's prophylactic removal. I was relieved to have it gone, even though we now know that he had Mesenteric Adenitis (inflamed abdominal lymph nodes from a presumed virus)- this apparently often looks and feels like an appendix about to burst.

There is no bad news. The doctor was preparing himself for an upbraiding when I found out that the surgical intervention was not necessary. But I was relieved and happy. I'm not going to miss an appendix that has no essential (it probably has a function, but we obv live pretty ok without it, and also risk having it explode for no known reason) function, and whose random rupture in a kid with a central line would literally threaten his life. So, no downsides today.

Bo remains a bit sore, but as luck would have it, it's the same surgical site I had with my hernia repair a few short months ago, so I can totally empathize with his recovery. He's taking it easy, rest assured, gentle reader.