Who needs an appendix?

Certainly not Ryan, especially now that he is without one!

The past few days have been a little unexpected, although I can tell you that our story does have a happy ending.

It started Wednesday. At lunch, Ryan opened a brand new jar of banana peppers to put on his salad, and ended up with a tummy ache. Many hours later, despite a hefty dose of Pepto Bismol, Ryan’s tummy ache did not go away. When the pain escalated to his hip and did not ease, he turned to Urgent Care. I’m glad to say the Urgent Care doctor was on the ball, because he diagnosed Ryan with appendicitis and sent him to the ER for an appendectomy.

Ryan was in surgery for about an hour and a half. When surgeon came out with the good news that all was well, he brought these lovely pictures of Ryan’s procedure. Lovely, huh?



“It doesn’t hurt so much here or here. Just right in this area.”

The doctor says: “As you can see, the appendix is clearly inflamed.” If you say so, doc! What I’m looking at looks more like a glob of peanut butter got lodged in the back of someone’s throat. But luckily for Ryan, I was not the surgeon on call.

Regardless of the doctor’s bedside manner, Ryan did make it out of the hospital just fine. He is now home recovering and getting lots of rest.

I guess the big question is, will Ryan ever eat banana peppers again?