In December, Cade got sick after our ward christmas party. Then next day he still wasn't feeling well. That night, I went to work. Bryce called me at 3am and said he was taking Cade to the hospital and that he had been throwing up blood. I left work right away, and met them there. It was scary. He was throwing up blood (lots of it) and in severe pain. After giving him some really strong anti-nausea and pain medication, and then running some tests, they determined his appendix had ruptured, and he needed to be transported via ambulance to Summerlin Hospital for surgery by a pediatric surgeon. Bryce went home to be with the other kids. I stayed and tried to get short intervals of 10-15 minutes of sleep that I could, while sitting up in a chair. It didn't really work. He finally went in for surgery that afternoon. Once he was done, the surgeon had said his abdomen was so full of puss, it had to be washed out really good. They were so worried about infection, he stayed in the hospital for another week on triple IV antibiotics. This was right before christmas, and the week of finals for Bryce. Needless to say, one of the most stressful, scary weeks of our lives! I am so thankful we had so many amazing friends to step in and help with kids and bring us meals. We couldn't have survived that week without them. Thankfully, he fully recovered without any complications. He gave us all a big scare! I love this kid and am so grateful everything turned out ok:)
