what a week!

I’m still paying off a little debt from the recent trip to San Antonio.  I promised Ash we could go to Vegas for her birthday. So, we went down for the Memorial day weekend. Actually we went Sunday through Tuesday and got a great deal with $80 a night at the new Planet Hollywood. I’m not a big Vegas fan; I don’t gamble because I understand the odds and I enjoy my money. To me the town just reeks of hopelessness and disparity… that and it just plain reeks. That being said, it wasn’t a bad trip. The weather was nice, our hotel was great and we got to hang out with our friends Riann and Jamon. Here are a few photos. I didn’t take many because I only took my 50mm prime lens. I guess Vegas is more of a wide angle town!

On Tuesday afternoon about 4 hours before our flight I started feeling bad. I passed it off as punishment for all of the crap i had eaten. ( including the Fat Burger I had for lunch) By the time we got to the airport the only thing that felt good was to lay flat on my back. The flight was worse, nothing like a bumpy, crowded Southwest flight with abdominal cramps to put you in a good mood. On Wednesday I felt a little better but the pain was more specifically located between my belly button and the top of my hip. I looked it up on-line and all of the symptoms pointed to Appendicitis. I’ll give you time frames for the next events because things moved very rapidly.

12:00 pm: Arrived at urgent care to get checked out

1:00 pm: Pee test and Blood work

2:00 pm: CT Scan

3:00 pm: “You have acute appendicitis, go to ER”

4:30 pm: Arrive at ER

7:00 pm: Admitted to ER

11:00 pm: Surgery

So, here I sit on Saturday afternoon with three tiny holes in my gut and desperately wanting to go outside to do something active. I feel pretty good, this wasn’t as painful as the gallbladder surgery. ( I throw that line in because my brother is getting his out soon) The worst part is they pump you full of CO2 so they can work around in your abdomen. It takes a little while for your body to absorb it and until that happens you just feel like you ate the biggest meal of your life.

Tags: Appendicitis, Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood

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