Lilest Gatorubet was not feeling well Monday, was throwing up, and had abdominal pain and a slight fever The pain got worse, especially in the lower right tummy, so Tuesday afternoon I brought him to ER at our Children's Hospital, thinking to myself, he has appendicitis.
Doctors do a WBC, which was slightly elevated, and admitted him for the night. They kept him all Wednesday until 5:00 pm, saying his CT looked funny but not definitive, and discharged him saying it was likely a virus. Thursday my wife brought him to the pediatrician because he was still not feeling well, and they told my wife he didn't have appendicitis because Children's Hospital are the experts, and sent him home with diarrhea medicine.
When he was not better Friday and my wife wanted to go back to the pediatrician, I told my wife hell no, take him back to the friggin hospital right now, where the surgical resident announced on his arrival after another CT and WBC that his appendix had ruptured several days earlier.
Now he feels like [censored], is on mega intravenous antibiotics, and will stay at the hospital for a week. They will do surgery in about six weeks to remove what remains of his appendix as soon as the infection is controlled. My son is not feeling well, but his dad is
supremely [censored]ed. His pediatrician's partner came by today, noting that this was a "social visit" and not a consult, as he wanted to check on us. I'm sure everybody is tip-toeing around wondering if I am going to sue them - which I'm not. Assholes!
Funny thing is, I recently tried (and won) a failure to diagnose appendicitis case, and deposed at least five doctors about the standard of care and differential diagnosis of appendicitis in the last three years. When the hospital did not take a WBC on Wednesday prior to his discharge to follow up on the initial one Tuesday afternoon, I should have been rude and caused a fuss and demanded one. Damn it. I'm so mad at myself.
