One hell of a week

Thanks Allen, this means a lot. He's ok now and he's recovering but no activities for him for the next 6 months. I've been strong and will be strong for him.

hi toni. hope your son is better now. hope he fully recovers just in time for the start of the school year. guess longboarding has to wait for another six months? keep us updated about his condition. take care of yourself as well. you need to so that you can look after your kid.

Thank you for thinking of me. I'm taking care of myself. I know I can do more for him if i'm healthy as well.

My son's appendix has ruptured Saturday. He was operated on the following day. The infection has spread to his liver and there's no technology that could have saved his life. But the doctor told me his resistance was really strong.

Why would they wait until the next day to operate? That sounds odd. But being he is young he does have a strong resistance. The doctors are right about that. I hope they got the infection under control. And I really hope he is going to recover real soon. Take care of him.

We were at my parents'. It was the head of the District Hospital in that small municipality. I never trusted him but it was my husband who brought him to that hospital and i didn't know it was him who diagnosed my son and without laboratory test he just injected him with buscopan. I was smart enough to call on my son's pediatrician when i saw him still in pain and was having fever. She immediately ordered me to have some urine and blood test. Then i called him again to report the result and she told us to go home and bring him asap to the ER. Without my mother's instinct i could have lost him. My husband and i even argued about calling my son's pedia coz he said she was just gonna give our son the same thing. Good thing i didn't listen to him.

Yes, it's always our mother's instinct that can always save us, Toni. At any rate, no mother would be complacent when her son/daughter is still in pain despite the medicine that was given already. Mother's instinct would tell us that there is really something wrong.

When the surgeon told me that if we have waited longer we could have lost him, that really shook me. I was shaken for a day and i just couldn't function normally. I stayed with him in the hospital for 6 days, never leaving his sight. He held my hand for strength when he's in pain. He is a strong boy though.

I'm glad that he's doing better. That would be very scary. I know that if i were in your situation I would feel the same way and I would be crying my eyes out for my little girl when I'm not next to her. I wouldn't want her to get more worried seeing me upset.

Thanks. He is recovering now. Indeed it was painfully traumatic for him. We had an appointment with our surgeon last week and he said my son's resistance was really strong as the infection has actually spread to his liver. But he's doing well now and his wound is healing. Surgeon's appointment will be next week again.

Today we are going to visit his surgeon and his pediatrician. He's doing well now and he's recovering fast but no physical activities for him for the next 6 months.

Great that he's recovering well. Just follow the physicians guidelines. All the best for you.

that's scary, I am happy he is okay now, just saved in time.

The first doctor that diagnosed him was just plain stupid. IN fact when i called my pedia and just described my son's pain she told me that she's not going to give any pain reliever unless she could rule out that it's not appendicitis. Appendicitis among children is very common because of the food that they eat and it ruptures faster compared to adults.

Nope there was nothing wrong before. The surgeon explained to us that appendicitis is common among children because of the food they eat. And children's appendix ruptures fast compared to adults. Appendicitis is a human time bomb.

Appendicitis is a human time bomb. It could expire anytime soon no matter what you do or what you eat. But for children, it's because of the food that they eat. We don't usually eat out. And yes he eats junk food just like any other children. But having appendicitis is one that is unavoidable.

It is expensive but i would pay anything for my son's health.

Thank you friend. Yes he is doing well and is recovering fast. Today we will visit his surgeon and pediatrician.

Indeed you are right. Money can be earned but life can't be restored. He's doing well now and thank you.

You're lucky it's not appendicitis.

From where i am, suing that doctor for negligence is futile. No case against the doctor has succeeded here, it only drained the money of the complainant. A ruptured appendicitis indeed is common but not when it has become a sepsis.

He's 8 and we already got out of the hospital last Saturday. He's recovery is quite fast compared to others. He's a strong boy.

I've lost my parents at the same time. I do treasure every moment after what happened to them. And when it comes to my son, every single minute spent with him is indeed a treasure.