sundance + ER

14 hours in the ER
yesterday in the middle of the night, jared woke up with a bad stomach ache. he couldn't get comfortable, and drifted from the bedroom to the couch, and back. in the morning, it still wasn't better. awake, and more aware he quickly was realizing that it wasn't a normal "stomach ache". the sharp pains in his stomach were constantly there, and were at times unbearable. we decided that he needed to go to the doctors office. we took porter to our wonderful neighbor who is always coming to my aid, and started to head to the doctors office. as i started to drive, jared told me to go to the ER instead. he said that he knew something was really wrong. we arrived at the ER around 9:30am, and they thankfully got him right in. the doctor quickly diagnosed what he thought was the problem- appendicitis. a blood test, and CT scan would later confirm the diagnosis. some morphine was given and for the 1st time, he started talking and was coherent. i learned then that talking had been painful, so that was why things were slurred and incoherent. the meds made him drowsy and he slept away most of the afternoon, until they wheeled him away at 5:30pm to prepare for surgery to have his appendix removed. surgery went well, and after some recovery we finally were able to take him home after 10pm. a big thanks to my neighbor terra, and my sister-in-law lisa. because of them, porter had the time of his life. he woke up this morning and asked for austin and mac, and then after breakfast told me "maylee's house". jared has been feeling good today, he claims that they took the pain out of him. other than being sore, and drowsy from medicine, he is doing great- up an walking around, at the computer, acting like himself!

date night at sundance
fast forward 24 hours later, and jared takes me on my much anticipated date night up to the sundance ski resort to see the fantasticks performance. we have never gone to see a play before, and i have to admit it was a bit cheesy, but it was a lot of fun to do something different. i loved being up in the cold mountain air with my husband, one of my bestest friends, and her hubby. all cheesiness aside, i had a great time, and am so grateful that jared did all of that for me, especially right after his big ordeal. this morning i didn't think we were going, and he said "of course we are going". what a trooper.