Sunday night my oldest son (17) had some bad stomach pain. We thought it was cramps so we gave him medicine and sent him to bed. The pain got worse in the night and woke him up, so my wife took him to the ER (I was at work) and it turns out he had appendicitis. He had an appendectomy early Monday morning.

He's doing ok (other than being really sore), but he had us worried there for awhile. He's been a real trooper and I'm very proud of him. Hopefully, he'll be able to come home Tuesday morning.

Wow, what an ordeal! I'm glad he came thru the surgery good and hope his recovery is great!

Im glad all is well. I have heard this is very painfull. Good luck to him:clap:

Glad he's doing alright - must be painful :(

I hope your son has a speedy recovery from his surgery, Nolan!!! :bigangel:

Aw, poor thing :( A friend of mine just went through a similar ordeal. I hear it is very painful!!

Glad to hear the surgery went well. Hope he feels better soon :rose:

Nolan, sorry to hear that your son had to go through this. Thankfully they got it in time and that he's doing well. :yesnod:

Glad to hear he is doing good.

Wow bro, I'm glad everything turned out okay. Must have been a scare for you.

I'm so glad you were able to catch it in time and that he will be okay--poor guy! Now he has a "What I Did This Summer" story for class and you have had the living bejeezes scared out of you.

I glad he's okay and everything turned out for the best. Hope he gets well soon

:hug: Nolan. I'm glad your son came through his surgery with no problems. Sounds like he was in some pain, though. Good thing you caught it in time.

Yikes! :yikes: Scary thing, Buc! I understand that's some incredible kind of pain to deal with. Your son must be one heck of a tough guy to go to bed and try to sleep!! Glad everything's back on track now! :hug:

GOod thing it didnt rupture! Hope everybody is safe and sound!

Best wishes for your sons speedy recovery !


Glad you caught it in time and I hope he feels better ! :)

Update! He's getting to come home this evening. He'll have to lay around for another day or two, but he's on the mend.

Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes! :) We're very lucky that we caught the problem so early.

Hope he is feeling better. :thumb:

Glad your son pulled through. :)

How bad is he milking it? LOL

God ble$$ you and your son!!!!

Just wait, when asked about the scar he’ll be telling all the chicks: “Yeah, it was scary fighting :fight: off all those ninjas while saving those kids from that burning building but, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.” :verycool:

Glad to here he’s going to be ok. I’ll add your family to my prayer list.

Tempest :talkstorm

:eek: OMG! I just saw this!! Nolan!! I'm so glad he's doing better! I swear, appendicitis scares the crap out of me! Everytime one of my kids gets crampy like that... I'm always checking around on their tummy's. Is there anything in particular that you look for? Fever? Specific kind of stomach pain?

:eek: OMG! I just saw this!! Nolan!! I'm so glad he's doing better! I swear, appendicitis scares the crap out of me! Everytime one of my kids gets crampy like that... I'm always checking around on their tummy's. Is there anything in particular that you look for? Fever? Specific kind of stomach pain?


Thanks Kimmy!

We've had alot of false-alarms with appendicitis too, kids tummies hurt alot don't they? We were lucky that it was our 17 y/o, because he is old enough to know the difference between hurts and HURTS. One classic symptom that he had was pain that was a general abdominal pain that later localizes in the lower right area. They can also have diarrhea or constipation, vomiting, and fever, but those all come later. My son's pain got really bad over the course of 24 hours, so we went on that alone and caught it early.

Well, if anything Good can come of this, it's that he'll never have to worry about this happening again.. I'm glad everything turned out okay!

he'll never have to worry about this happening again... :thumb: I'm SAYIN!!

Thanks for the info Nolan. Bet that was a scary night for ALL of you! :scared: I'm glad everything's okay now & your son is on the mend! :hug:

Sorry to hear about your son's appendicitis Nolan, but I'm glad he's doing much better. It's always scary when they are sick or in pain.

Glad to hear he's doin better