Mr. Mis is having emergency surgery

[monolayth]

AM so glad he is ok!

[Becks]

Yay for Mr. Mis being okay!!!

(A few years back, the MOTH™ was having some stomach-ish pains. Went to the ER. Oh, yeah, it was appendicitis, and it was gangrenous.)

[firecat88]

That was very not cool of the surgeon to make you wait so long to hear anything that *you* had to call *them* back. They really should know better. I'm glad to hear that everything turned out ok, though. *hugs*

[Elspeth]

I am very glad Mr. Mis is doing better. Many hugs to you.

The surgeon should be slapped with a fish.

[Sheldonrs]

Glad he's doing OK now. I had mine out about a year ago. Went to the hospital in pain on a Saturday night, the took it out Sunday morning and sent me home Sunday afternoon. With the good meds. :-)

[Misanthropical]

Mr. Mis had the laporascopic procedure done. He is home now and I have to go fill his pain medication in a little bit. I don't have a prescription for antibiotics, so I called the nurse who told me she wasn't given one to give him. So, I have a call in to the doctor now about the antibiotics.

His doctor is annoying me to no end now.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Glad to hear he's doing alright!
... and yeah, wtf is up with your doc? >.<

[ApolloSZ]

Glad to hear he's ok!!

Out of curiosity, has the medical world figured out what an appedix is for yet? Isn't it a vestigial (sp) organ?

[Sapphire Silk]

Mr. Mis had the laporascopic procedure done. He is home now and I have to go fill his pain medication in a little bit. I don't have a prescription for antibiotics, so I called the nurse who told me she wasn't given one to give him. So, I have a call in to the doctor now about the antibiotics.

His doctor is annoying me to no end now.

The only reason I thought antibiotics might be prescribed is because you mentioned the appendix was "stuck" and they had trouble removing it, and there was some spillage IIRC. That increases the rick of peritonitis.

He should have gotten a dose of antibiotics (usually Ancef 2gms IV) right before surgery, and maybe another dose after.

If the surgeon insists no antibiotics are needed, then fine . . . but to go the ER if his temp gets to 101 F or above (and give a dose of tylenol before you go, they will believe you).

Low grade temp less than 101 is usually normal in the first 24 hours post op unless there are other symptoms (like redness, swelling, drainage from the surgical site).

But if you're not sure about anything, be a nag. Serves your surgeon right for not calling you anyway

[Misanthropical]

Glad to hear he's ok!!

Out of curiosity, has the medical world figured out what an appedix is for yet? Isn't it a vestigial (sp) organ?

All three of my children asked me that last night and none of us could figure out any use for it. I told them I thought I heard years ago it was a throw back from early man, but not to take that as gospel since I wasn't paying attention to the program much.

The doctor told me that Mr. Mis doesn't need any more antibiotics that he should have had enough at the hospital. I could have sworn I was told he would need more.

I also would not hesitate to take Mr. Mis back to the ER if anything goes wrong and if he refuses to get in the car I will call an ambulance out for him. Right now, he is resting chocked full of pain medication.

Thank you all for the support and well wishes.

[ApolloSZ]

Mis - I think last time I heard something, they proposed it was similar to ones herbivores have, for grinding plantmatter, with stones. Not sure if that was shot down tho

[lordlundar]

<fishes out the latest Darwin Awards book which has a Science Interlude section detailing that exact discussion>

The Appendix is considered a vestigial organ, which is considered an organ that at one point served a function, but evolution has rendered it's function unnecessary. It's theorized that it was originally used to digest fibrous plant matter (koalas and other herbivores that eat such plant matter have relatively huge appendix and it serves as sort of a bacterial gunny sack to break down the fibers). As humans moved away from eating the really tough plant matter and/or cooking it to a more edible state, the use of the appendix reduced drastically and the appendix shrunk to accommodate it.

Now is it completely useless? Maybe not. The Appendix is covered by bacterial biofilms that are actually beneficial to the human body and it's theorized that it serves as an emergency reserve during times of poor sanitation and diarrhea.

[ApolloSZ]

Yay for random recall ability! lol.

[XCashier]

I'm glad Mr. Mis is better, and back home. May his recovery be speedy and thorough.

That was nice of the kids to tidy up the place.

Not nice of the surgeon to leave you uninformed to what was happening!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Glad he is OK!

My mom had her appendix out when she was in her mid-50s I think. Spent a few days in the hospital and she was fine.