Grateful

It has been an emotional past 3 days. Let me rewind back to Tuesday night . My 97 old grandmother, Mammy, had been taken to the hospital about 9:30/10. I was waiting for my sister to call me to let me know what was going on so I was up . Robin called about 12:30ish to let me know that they were admitting her & she was gonna take Dwayne home & head back to hospital. I didn't want something to happen & me not see Mammy & talk to her ,so I told Robin I'd pick her up & we'd go together. So up I get to get dressed & half way look presentable, had I know how the events the laid ahead of were gonna play out, I would had showered & fixed my hair! So out I went it 1am now & I contemplated on going Sidbury Rd or not & like usual I should had listen to my gut, because a block after I turned on it, I saw it coming & yep I clipped the back end of a deer! There won't no way I was gonna stop on that road by myself & I kept right on going. I don't know where the deer went , if I was dragging it or not & I didn't care! Got to Robins house & looked & it didn't look like the car was damaged , so to the hospital we went. Got there to see Mammy & she was awake & she stayed awake the whole night! She has some dementia, so she is very repetitive. She could stop fiddling with the wires & wanting to know what was going on & where she was over & over . I know she can't help it. So me Robin & Aunt Jean stayed up there all night. 7:30am came & Aunt Jean needed to eat so down to the cafeteria we went & this is where my day took a nose dive. Tyler texted me , call me ASAP! I called & he said school nurse called & Cameron had stomach pain & needed to be picked up. So told Aunt Jean I needed to go , told Robin & I headed to school. Got him from school & went home & gave him an Advil & was putting him in my bed when he was just crying & moaning how bad it hurt. Laid him down & started mashing around & everything seem to hurts worse on the right side. Thankfully his Drs are across the street from us & I gathered him up & we went. Had to wait an hour & half & I was getting pissed ! Here my child is laying here doubled over & that wasn't an emergency because we were a walk in. My friend Delores works there & the final time I walked to the nurses station & I don't really know exactly what I said but let it be known someone better see him quick & that this was ridiculous & he was in pain! I love you Delores because that Dr was in shortly , & I didn't give him a hey how you doing look. I wanted to take that bow tie off him & choke him with it! I did say just before we left I didn't appreciate how long we had to wait. Waiting was just the first of many. He sent us to radiology & he let me know he thought it was his appendix but they were gonna check his whole abdomen. Now I'm worried .... Calling Tyler & his phone wasn't working right & ended up calling the office. I probably wasn't nice & scared the receptionist to death, but I didn't care! Got him on the phone & told him to meet me at Cape Fear. Cape Fear we go & they were waiting for us. Got him checked in & then they come with of a bottle of contrast to drink. He drank half & threw it up. Started another bottle. I felt so bad for him.You know when you don't know what is going on , your mind runs wild & I couldn't help but think about Zack Mayo. We are no different than his family is & I knew that in a split second our lives could change. All I could do was pray & ask God to be with us no matter what we were about to find out. After waiting an hour for the contrast , they took him back. I was a nervous wreck & Cameron was so calm. He was saying all the time, "Mom don't cry, Im sorry." Which made me cry worse. I tried to put my Big girl face on , but it wasn't working. The CT people laid him down to start an IV & he ended up get it stuck twice. They gave me a sexy looking weighted protective vest to put on & I got to stay in there with him. Didn't take long, so it was off to wait some more. I had stepped outside to check my messages, cause T-mobile don't work hardly anywhere, & next thing I knew, here come Tyler yelling for me & Robin & Cameron behind him. They had called Tylers cell & told him it was his appendix & New Hanover was waiting for him & he already had a room. My nerves were frayed , so bad in fact, I let Robin drive me. By this time my face, neck & chest was broke out. Robin got us there & in we went, right to a room & they started on him. This was about 3:00/ 3:30ish ? Cameron was so calm & was pumped there was an Xbox in there for him! The nurses got him changed & started his IV. He winced some but never cried. Got him settled & here comes Erin with lots of goodys for him. We played Mad Libs & laughed & laughed . It was about 5:00 that they came to get him to take him for surgery. We waited about 45mins before they came in & said they had emergency come in & then an hour later same thing. We were the only ones down there so it must had been true. All the family started to show up. Cameron was so surprised to see his Granny & said "Granny you didn't have to come all this way " & then told me he was glad she was there. Now you know I have a Big family & a loud one too! Keep in mind my sister & I haven't slept at all ,so sometimes I felt over whelmed & i would just step out & me & Erin would walk. I was glad they were there though.  After the second hour, I asked & the Dr. told me we were pushed back again, because of an organ harvest. I was like hey, I can wait. Someone is mourning the loss of their love one & giving life to someone else, we can wait . But when the third hour rolled around, I was trying to be nice & then they told us it would be longer & could be 1am till they got to him but he was going tonight . So all the family went to eat & Erin, Ty & me hung out with Cameron. After awhile they came & told us they were taking him back to his room. I felt deflated! So I texted everyone & told them just to go on home & I would call when his time came. We were in the room about 20 mins & here they came to get him . Took him back to another holding area, but this time only 2 could go back & Tyler & myself had to put on some hot looking blue jump suits. Back we went & by this time Cameron is wore out & starts to cry because its been so long & he had started hurting again & was hungry. We were probably back there another 45 mins & the staff said that he had now became the emergency & he was on the top of the list now. Wasn't long after that they came to get him. Let me just say , that was on of the hardest thing to do was to watch your baby be wheeled off from you! I told the anesthesiologist, you just make sure you bring him back & when they turned the corner, I wanted to puke !!! Me & Tyler got to the waiting area & waited ! Erin, Granny & Ty made there way back to us & probably about 45 mins. Dr said he was done. Everything went good . The appendix was inflamed & bulging on one end. He was fine & to go on back to his room & wait for him. So we gathered our things & waited up in his room. 11: 15 he was back in his room & was looking pitiful & groggy. I was just glad to see him & wanted to crawl up in that bed with him. His throat was scratchy from the tube but he gave me his half lil smile & I knew he was good. The nurses we steadily over him so everybody gathered up & headed home. It was almost 1 am before the nurses had got him settled & cut the lights out to leave. I made my bed on that comfortable :/ couch they had to try to get some sleep, by this time I think I could had ran from the hospital & home & not stop but I laid down & woke up at 4 with him being in pain & the nurses getting him up. It hurt him so bad to pee & of course I cried for him! We got him back settled & slept till 7:30 because shift change came around. Now I am looking REAL good right now, walked out to my car & thankfully there was a hat in the car & Sarah had brought my make up , so I tried to look as best as I could. Waited for the Dr's to make their rounds. After talking with the Dr's , if he could eat his lunch & keep it down , he could go home. Cameron was content, playing xbox , but was ready to go home. He ate lunch , they took his IV out & about 3:00 we ahead home. He has done good since we've been home. The first night he couldn't get settled till after midnight & we slept till 11 & that morning he was nauseated & hurt . Today he is better, sore but moving around better & last night I looked & he had rolled on his side while he was asleep. So he's on the mend but has said he doesn't think he'll make it to school Monday . LOL ! I am thankful from the depths of my soul. I know some people may think jeez he just had his appendix taken out .... yes it was just his appendix , but no one wants there child to go into any type of surgery. And I am thankful that is was just his appendix. I have know so many families that has had their child die & I thought about them thru this time & prayed for them. Oh how they wished their child had something as minor as an appendix, but I also know that I am no different than them & I could had easily been dealing with the same thing they had gone thru. I thank you Lord for your protection & healing for my son. I am so grateful & thankful. I am also so thankful for my family & friends! I couldn't had got thru this with out you. Granny, Erin, & Robin, thank you for being there for Cameron & for Tyler & Myself ! I so appreciate all the text , emails , phone calls, food, cards & visits. I read Cameron alot of them & he would smile & get teary eyed sometimes & say that's sweet . God is good & I give him all the glory!