Lil' Trooper

Craytons view almost 98% of the time while at the hospital + a few visitors!
The joy of the playstation!

Painful? The expression says it all! ) (right after they took out the staples)
Crayton after surgery playing the Play station and feeling quite well due to some nice drugs!
Crayton and I taking pictures of ourselves!
Rexton helping himself to Oreo's and Milk and visiting Crayton!

Poor little Crayton had to have his appendix out on Monday afternoon, and I must say he was quite the trooper. It all started 3:00 a.m Sunday morning. He came and got me up and said he was sick in his throat. So I got him a drink and went to tuck him back in bed. Well when I got down stairs, Porter was in the bathroom puking. Then Crayton said I'm sick too and then he puked. So here I am with two little sick throwing up boys. I took them both up stairs and made them a bed on the floor with bowls for each. Porter instantly fell asleep and awoke refreshed and ready to go for the day. Crayton on the other hand continued to throw up every 20- 30 minutes until 12:00 noon. He kept telling us his belly hurt really bad but that is to be expected when you have been puking your guts out. But we were a little concerned because Porter was just fine so we thought maybe they had eaten something bad. Later in the evening, Crayton ate some chicken noodle soup and crakers and didn't throw up again. So we thought he was on the mend. Monday morning, he woke up still sick, still having a bad belly ache and it had moved lower into his stomach. Wade kept saying he thought he might have appendicitis but I being the positive one was like oh he's fine, he will be feeling better soon but by noon I knew that was not the case and called Wade. We then had Dr. Melling check him out and of course he totally agreed with Wade and so Wade had some blood work done and that came back sky high so Crayton went straight into surgery. They barley got inside in time. His appendix was oozing infection and all pussy and ready to burst. The surgery went fine and all was well. I am so glad that I have my dear husband to help take care of our kids. He was able to give Crayton his I.V and carry him back into the O.R. and stay with him through the surgery. Crayton was a tough little guy and we were amazed at how tough he was for being so sick. He stayed one night in the hospital and played the play station the entire time and got fun get well gifts so he was pretty happy. Now that we are home it is all I can do do keep him down and taking it easy. He is doing well and feeling a lot better. We thank everyone for all their help and for the the care and concern. Thank You! (I may have mispelled some words and the spell checker isn't working!)