On Saturday morning, the surgical resident came into my hospital room before the sun (as usual) during her rounds. As she did her normal check, she mentioned, “We’re hoping you get to go home today.”

Music to my ears!

I still had to go through all of what had become my morning routine—meds, blood draw, […]

I want to take a quick minute to thank all of you for your positive thoughts and prayers for me this week. It means a lot. It’s been taxing emotionally, physically, mentally… so I’ve appreciated all of the support from family, friends, coworkers, and even all of you whom I have never met before!

In […]

Here I sit, still in the hospital, chronicling the road to recovery from acute appendicitis (that ended up rupturing) at 22 weeks pregnant. In case it hasn’t been clear already: Appendicitis during pregnancy? I do not recommend it.

TUESDAY
I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling like a bit of a new […]

Here, I’m continuing catching up by recapping the days following my appendectomy at 22 weeks pregnant. My appendix had ruptured, which is STILL causing all sorts of fun complications. See post-op days 1 & 2 (Friday night and Saturday). Here are Sunday and Monday!

SUNDAY
Saturday night into Sunday was just […]

It seems that since my surgery on Friday, all I’ve really had is time on my hands. Unfortunately, for a lot of that time, I haven’t felt very well. I’ve also had a lot of visitors—Michael and Nora, my mom, my brothers and their families, my in-laws, my grandma—to keep me company for good stretches […]