Unexpected events

Well the week of October 9-12 has been an unexpected week. Tyler was sent to see a neurologist by his pediatrician due to not finding his soft spot very well. They wanted to make sure that there were no issues. We had the appointment scheduled for the 11th and have been very nervous about it, trying to keep our minds on positive things. On Monday evening (the 8th) I began to experience extreme pain in my lower right side. Finally at around 10:30 I called our personal nurse (my mother) explaining my problem. She really wanted us to go to the ER, giving her diagnosis that it sounded like my appendix. Being the subborn person that I am I decided it probably wasn't that big of a deal and really not wanting to get Tyler up to spend the night in the ER, I waited. By Tuesday morning the pain had gotten worse so Chad and I took Tyler and headed to the doctor's. They took one look at me and sent me to the ER, exactly where we didn't want to go with a 7 month old. They finally got me back into a room and after waiting for the better part of the day came in to let us know I had to have an appendectomy. Chad scrambled to get home and pack up Tyler and the dogs to take them over to Uncle Jared's and Aunt Jessica's and make it back quickly. I was instructed that I could not pick up Tyler until the following Monday so it was going to be a busy week for Chad. We arranged Melissa to come over Thursday morning to get Tyler ready to take us down to meet Chad for Tyler's appointment with the neurologist. After examining Tyler he told us he was not worried but ordered a CT scan for his head the following week. That afternoon Lynn and Larry were more than happy to come and kidnap Tyler for the afternoon until Chad could pick him up after work. On Friday Chad arranged 4 of my girlfriends to all take shifts from 8-4, coming over to care for Tyler until he could get home. Saturday morning Aunt Faye and cousin Liz came over to help and picked up Nana,my mother, who flew in Saturday evening. My mom and I took Tyler for his CT scan on Thursday and Tyler did fabulous! They said that if he didn't lie still they would have to start an IV but he was the best, he just watched the machine as it spun around his head but didn't move at all. The doctor saw us after the scan and said everything looked just fine. He just has a big head, just like his daddy :) Nana had the best time with Tyler that week and stayed until Papa could drive up after his classes on Wednesday. She was a big help but I know it was more of a treat for her to be here with Tyler. Papa made it up here by Thursday am and spent some quality time with little man until they had to leave on Saturday morning. We also got a surprise visit from Uncle Steven (Chad's brother) and Aunt Kara who drove in on Friday night. Talk about a busy couple of weeks. Tyler is not going to understand why it's just mommy here with him tomorrow. He is getting used to all this attention.