ANOTHER HOSPITAL ADVENTURE

This time the star of the show was Devon.

We've had an interesting 4 1/2 hours. We were at a rummage sale earlier in the evening when Devon suddenly started crying and screaming in pain. Tim took him out to the car to try and figure out what was going on. I kept shopping with the other two kiddos. Brandon and Becky were also there and knew Devon was having a hard time. A few minutes later Brandon came and told me that Tim had called Becky from the car and said to send me out, that something was seriously wrong with Devon. While I gathered things up, Becky and Brandon went out to the van. As I crossed the parking lot I asked Becky, who happens to be a nurse, if I was going to spend the evening in the ER. She said yes. Devon was going to need an emergency hernia repair.

Well, it turned out that I dropped Devon and Tim off at the hospital, then took the other two kids home. Our worst case scenario was emergency hernia repair and the loss of a testicle. Thankfully that didn't happen. The hospital called in the only surgeon who is qualified to do both the hernia repair and the testicular surgery. He evaluated everything and decided to try and push the hernia back manually. Surgery on an inflamed area that's all twisted up is not exactly ideal. Operating on a non-twisted, non-swollen area would be much easier. I'm sure that doing it manually was excruciating for the Devs.

Anyway, it worked!! Awesome! And as the hernia went back, the portion that was in the scrotum retracted. Even more awesome!! He still has to have surgery, but not tonight.

In the process of pushing that thing back they realized he has a mild hernia on the other side too, so that will have to get fixed. They're going to keep him overnight and watch things while all the swelling goes down, etc. They also want to try feeding him a little to see if it causes any pain or discomfort. Tim's going to call surgery in the morning and schedule a repair asap, as the surgeon wants it done in the next few days.

Here's what you can pray for - good sleep for Devon & Tim in the hospital tonight, that the hernia stays put until surgery, and that Tim can schedule something in the next couple days. The scheduling is going to be a little tricky since no one wants to come operate on the weekend, but the fact that he was in the ER should help our cause.

We'll keep you posted on the latest episode of "Medical Crisis - "W" Style" as we get new information.