Hi Kathy, That is good news and your daughter is still in my prayers each day. I just know that she will be good as new very soon and able to play any games. We are supporting your family in our healing thoughts and prayers, Patsy in CA On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:08:03 -0500 "MICHAEL MARTINEZ" <mamkmm2@prodigy.net> writes: > This isn't genealogy...but I want to thank everyone so much for the > kind > words and thoughts they sent. > > Sorry have been so long in responding. To let everyone know, we > were > finally able to bring our three year old daughter home late last > night from > the hospital. It turned out to be a burst appendix....very > dangerous. We > have an in-home nurse come in twice a day to administer antibiotics > via I.V. > as well as three doses of oral antibiotics that I give her per day. > She > seems almost her old self....but she tires easily. I warn anyone > with young > children and who might be caring for an older adult.....burst > appendix are > much more common than you would think and are hard to diagnose in > the very > young and the more mature adult. The symptoms mimic so many other > gastro-intestinal illnesses. And not everyone's appendix is in the > same > location....so forget the notion of appendix pain only being on the > right > side. > > I have to take her back to the surgeon every few days so that they > can > monitor her progress. If all goes well and she responds to the > antibiotics > at home as well as she did in the hospital, then she will go back > for > surgery in 3 to 4 weeks to have the appendix removed. Currently, > the > surgeon feels that the risks far outway the benefits of removing it > right > away. Her abdoman is still obviously swollen and her blood work > still shows > too high a level of infection to risk an operation for > "convenience." > > I truly appreciate everyone's concern. She is allowed no "rough > housing." > Anyone that has ever cared for a 3 year old knows what a task that > is going > to be. I will try to get back to everyone who sent me genealogical > queries > as soon as time permits. Please continue to keep her in your > prayers as > this is not over yet. > > Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net >