Well things are always exciting around here and the last couple of weeks were no exception. It started with a call from Rakesh while I was at work last Friday that went kind of like this:
"Ummm, I'm feeling really weird and my side is really hurting all of a sudden."
"When did it start?"
"Well when I left the house this morning I felt a little strange but it kind of happened all of a sudden"
at this point it was 11.30 am and I knew he was acting pretty normal when he left that morning-- so here I paused for a brief second....Rakesh definitely has the propensity to be a little dramatic at times-- I mean when I was in labor with Sahil, he had the nerve to utter the words "you don't understand what I'm going through" because he is weirded out by hospitals... really?!?! REALLY????--- anyway, this time something in his voice told me that he was seriously in pain--
"I think you really need to go to your doctors office-- call me when you get there and let me know what they say."
So off he goes and sure enough it was his appendix. I won't get started about what a crappy system that retail pharmacy has for emergencies but thankfully we have some awesome friends in Siobhan and Rupesh and they were able to take Rakesh to the hospital for his appendectomy. I got there after he was already taken in for surgery and was feeling super guilty but luckily everything went well! He was discharged Saturday morning (thanks, Maulik, for picking him up:) ) and off work for at least a week with no lifting for 2 weeks. Lucky for me, my in-laws had planned a trip a few weeks earlier and were coming into town the next day so at least I had a couple of extra hands to help with all the boys!
So as it turns out, I don't know what is more painful...Rakesh's appendicitis or trying to get Sahil to eat in front of Rakesh's mom so I didn't constantly have to hear "Rachna he is so skinny. You need to feed him more. Sahil eat your lunch, eat your lunch Sahil" promptly followed by a "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" from my little angel :)
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