Ok so I had a baby on the 10th - I was in the hospital till the 14th, stayed 2 nights at my house, and then went to my parents house till the 22nd. Up until 3am on the 21st things had been going swimmingly. My recovery from surgery had been much easier than last time, I had tons of help, and Scout was getting adjusted to having a brother. At 3 am things started to unravel.
I woke up to feed Ryder and felt a slight discomfort in my right abdomen. I finished feeding him and went back to sleep. At his next feeding around 6 am I couldn't even sit up. The "slight discomfort" had become a raging pain, I screamed for Dwight. He tried to help me but I was in to much pain to even feed Ryder. It was horrific! I hadn't been in this much pain - ever! Dwight went and got my parents, they took the kids and we headed off to the ER. We get checked in, get some morphine, and we wait. The doctor comes in and lists everything it could be: appendicitis, gallbladder, something to do with my incision, or my spleen. Another round of morphine and a nasty drink for the CT Scan and more waiting. We were there almost 8 hours before we got the results from the scan and the blood work. The answer to my pain: abdominal pain with unexplained origin. Are you kidding me? We can put a man in space and you can't tell me why I am having the most excruciating pain of my life? We left with some pain meds and generic antibiotics. We spent the whole day away from both boys,I was unable to nurse for 24 hours (because of the CT Scan drink) and we had no answers. It was the most frustrating day ever. Oh and we had to miss 2 Christmas parties that we were really looking forward to. Total bummer!

Ryder and Riley Kate

Ryder and Daddy

Ryder and Scout