My appendix-less lifewell folks....it's been a long time since i've updated...but I seriously have a good excuse this time. Let me just fill you in on the past couple weeks of my life. Friday September 8th I woke up to get ready for work and had the worst pain in my right side. It was a different kind of pain and it felt like the inside of my body in that area was burning really bad. I went to work and it got worse throughout the day. I went to Denver's after work and that evening I was getting ready to leave and he said that he thought he should take me to the emergency room just to get things checked out. So we went. Luckily there was noone there and we got right in. they did all kind of different tests on me...some of them not so fun like a probe in my secret place to do an ultrasound (and the man wasn't very nice at all). but i guess it's funny now..hehehe. ANYWAY...they couldn't really figure anything out so they gave me some pain medication and said they were writing it up as abnormal abdominal pain and to follow up with my family doctor that monday. well i pretty much slept the whole weekend at denver's. my mom was out of town for her work and denver wanted to keep a close eye on me. the medication that they gave me, totally knocked me out. He was so good to me and was so protective of me moving or doing anything. Monday came and i still was feeling awful and i didn't go to work. i almost felt a bit silly making a doctor's appointment because i just figured all the people were just going to tell me it was nothing. but i decided to go anyway. i had a temp that day and she told me that somethin was goin on in there. she scheduled a cat scan for tuesday evening. in the mean time my boss at work had asked me a month or so ago if i would go to columbus for her on wednesday. i did go to work on tuesday and i explained i didn't know what was goin on but i felt horrible and the pain was getting worse. long story short, i ended up STILL going to columbus but i'm not even going to get into all of that on here (a good friend taught me to never talk badly about your supervisors on your xanga site...hehehe..thanks amy:) SOOOO...i went to columbus and it was one of the worst days ever. i felt bad but sat through the very long meeting. when i got on the interstate to come home, it was by far the worst rain i ever drove in. i had to pull over 4 times because i couldn't see the rode. i cried and cried and thought i would never get home. when i was about an hour away my phone rang and it was the doctor. she said, "heather, it's Dr. Lil...what are you doing?" i explained i was driving home and such. she scolded me for going and then told me to pull the car over so she could talk to me. she said, "when you get back into town i want you to get to the hospital and we are gonna get that appendix out. but i want you to be careful." i cried and cried. i was just miserable and more than anything i was so disappointed because the next day was denver's birthday and i had made plans and we had plans the whole weekend. he of course was like, i would much rather you be healthy than anything else...and that made me cry more. WOW...i'm so stinkin emotional! SO....(i'll try to make the rest short) i went to the hospital and they admitted me. my surgery was scheduled for the next day. denver, my mom and my granny left around 10 that evening and would be back in the morning. by 10:45 the doctor came in to see me and said he decided he would just go ahead and take it out that night. I called the gang back to let them know. granny and mom got there right as they were taking me to surgery. i think i didn't actually go into surgery untill 1 a.m. all i remember is them taking me into the opperating room and me scooting over to the other bed....and then i remember them saying my name that they were done and i was scared to death. they told me i was very combative coming out of anesthia and i was moving my head back and forth very fast and crying very loud. i do remember the pain i felt in my belly. the doctor told me they tried to do it laproscopicly (spelling?) but it wasn't happening. so instead i had a beautiful incision from my belly button about 3" down with staples of course. at least they got my appendix before it ruptured. when i got back up the room i think they said it was like 3:30 a.m. mom told me later that my lips looked really funny...like really swollen and glossy. it's that special lip gloss they give you in surgery..they want you to look your best ya know. hehehehe. so i was in the hospital until friday evening and then got to come home. HOME...that is where i've been for the past 2 weeks. i've been out a few times and i did go back to work monday for 6 hours but HOME...i'm so bored and i'm so tired of being inside looking at 3 walls and a television. i never realized how depressing it could be. i was supposed to get my staples out today but they had to reschedule. so i go tomorrow morning at 8:30 and i'm so ready to get them out. they are so sore and i can't stand to have clothing touching them or anything. i can stand to rest for 1 or 2 days...but to be inside for this long....NO THANK YOU!! i don't like to sit still and i can't wait to be able to be back to my full self. and in case you have maybe forgotten...I'M GETTING MARRIED IN 51 DAYS!!! thank goodness this didn't happen closer to the wedding. speaking of weddings...let me give you the latest.... 1. invitations went out monday. with all the time i was home i was able to get them done (with a LOT of help from josh and amy of course) 2. i go for my first fitting this saturday 3. my bridesmaids dresses came in...finally the right ones and they are beautiful 4. i picked up a little something pretty for my bridesmaids on one of my short outings. 5. denver and i had our fist session of premarital counseling with kevin and sudona. 6. i completed my lists of music for the wedding...only 3 separate lists...prewedding.....ceremony.....when we are wed....i need to get those to garrett so he can start making the c.d's. 7. working on the flowers should start next week. 8. i got my first RSVP back in the mail today.....only 219 more to go! hehehe 9. my sester and my bestest amanda will be here in 49 days. well i think this is by far a huge honkin email and if your reading this and have not been put to sleep yet reading all this...you soon will be sleepin so i shall let you go. hope all is well with everyone!! much love....heather | 
