An Unexpected Twist

After a beautiful drive down to Seal Beach and beyond with my girls, enjoying a concert on the grass on Main St. I started to feel sick to my stomach. After being on a diet for almost a month I decided to have a hot dog for dinner. BIG mistake. I thought I was having a gas attack or something. They usually go away after about 15 minutes or so. This one didn't. It wasn't gas, it was a gallbladder attack. It lasted from about 1 am til about 5 am when I decided to drive myself to the ER. They did an ultrasound and quickly found that I had gallstones. SO not a fun experience. Morphine barely number the pain. I got 2 shots of it. The Drs. decided to squeeze me in between other surgeries but I'd have to wait until they had time. I got a shot of Delaudid (GREAT stuff) and visited with Eric, Jaclyne and a kind mon oncle Ray came to give me un imposition des main and stayed to chat for a little while. Around 5 pm I finally got wheeled back to the OR. Don't remember much after they gave me a shot to put me to sleep. Once I awoke, dear lord was I in pain! I stayed in the hospital over night and was able to leave the next afternoon. The toughest part was that I couldn't lift ANYTHING for 4 days. This included my poor little Ella. I wanted to take my babies so badly but I couldn't if I wanted to heal correctly.