Saturday is a Special Day

Krista and I were both woken by Kaleb Saturday morning at 6:00 am. He was in extreme pain to the point of dry heaving. One of his family jewels was swollen to twice the normal size. I gave him a blessing and then called our Doctor. The Doc said it was "testicular torsion" and we should immediately get him to the emergency room and would we like an ambulance. While not life-threatening, the thing can be saved if taken care of quickly. We took him to the Children's Hospital Emergency Room and we were pushed to the front of everyone else. They gave him Morphine for the pain. The main doctor said it was the biggest dose of Morphine they had ever given. They prepped Kaleb and then off to surgery. Krista and I realized we had not eaten at all so we had brunch in a hospital cafeteria. As I was chewing on the bland food, Krista realized this may be the cheapest part of our day at $20. Kaleb came out fine and they were able to save the "jewel". He was quite loopy from the anesthesia and was asking for a cone on his head, wanted to take the hospital gown home, wanted same color curtains in his bedroom, liked the tiles on the floor and many others. Took him home and all is well.