Aaron had his first trip to the emergency room.
We had spent a great weekend at my sister's house nearby. Late Sunday afternoon, Aaron got what seemed like, and still could have been at least partly, really bad gas pains. I spent the next couple of hours with him "burrito" wrapped in a blanket and working out some bubbles. He started to feel better after awhile and was in and out of sleep.
Around 8:00, I started to get ready to go home. While I was changing Aaron's diaper, I saw something bulging out of his groin. After Shera directed me on what to do, 'cause I was just a little freaked out, we took him to the ER.
The bulge turned out to be a hernia, which I'm told isn't all that uncommon and should be easily fixed...with surgery. :(
The ER doctor was able to push it back in, which is good. Otherwise, he would have had much worse procedures done that night. He was feeling much better just a couple of minutes later.
He was such a trooper! He was so calm the whole time. All the nurses fell so in love with him instantly (shocking, I know). As we left he was saying "good-bye" and "thank you" to everyone on the way out. (He is so sweet!)
We have an appointment with a specialist tomorrow. I'll find out more about the surgery, recovery, etc. during that appointment. I'll let you know how it goes.
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