A/N: So one of the things I have in Sammy's background is that she had her appendix out when he was pretty young and I decided that going with my background series I should really write the whole thing out... so here it is. I think that's really all you need to know so Enjoy!
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Appendicitis
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Sammy woke up to the darkness and was confused at first trying to figure out what woke her up when her tummy cramped again. She clenched her tummy and tried to curl into herself. When the cramping settled down a bit she slowly got out of the bed and shuffled to her aunt's room.
"Auntie," Sammy mumbled as she got closer to the bed.
"Hmm," Michelle hummed, coming out of a deep sleep.
"I don't feel good," Sammy mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Michelle asked now fully awake.
"My tummy hurts," Sammy said, wincing when another cramp hit her.
"Come here," Michelle said softly, patting the bed.
Sammy crawled up on the bed beside her and slid under the covers. Michelle lay down beside her before gently placing a hand on her stomach.
"Where does it hurt?" Michelle asked, waiting for Sammy to tell her where to rub.
"Everywhere," Sammy said, frowning.
Michelle started gentle but firm circles on her stomach moving from left to right and back again.
"How's that?" She asked softly, "Better?"
"A little," Sammy mumbled, closing her eyes.
"Good," Michelle said, leaning down to place a kiss on her forehead, "I'll keep it up and you go to sleep alright?"
"Ok," Sammy said with a yawn, dosing off rather quickly.
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Michelle woke up the next morning to Sammy squirming on the bed.
"Hey," Michelle said softly, catching Sammy's attention, "How's your tummy?"
"It hurts more," Sammy mumbled, almost in tears.
"All over still?" Michelle asked, getting worried.
"No just on the right," Sammy said, trying to curl in on herself to make the pain go away.
Michelle felt her forehead and frowned, "I'm gonna take you in to get checked out alright? I need to go wake Victor up though so you just stay here and I'll be right back."
Sammy just nodded.
Michelle slid from the bed and headed for Victor's room moving quickly over to his bed and shaking his shoulder just enough to wake him up.
"Hey Wakie Wakie," She said as he opened his eyes, "You have to get up, we need to take Sammy in to the hospital, she's not feeling well."
"What's wrong?" Victor asked, worry snapping him awake.
"I think it's her appendix but I'm not sure so we're going to take her in so a doctor can check her out," Michelle explained.
"Ok I'm up," Victor said, sitting up and sliding out of bed when Michelle moved.
"I'm going to get dressed and get Sammy ready to go," Michelle said, turning to leave.
"Ok," Victor said, grabbing a pair of jeans off the floor.
Michelle left him to get dressed and headed back into her room. She sat down beside Sammy on the bed and brushed some of her bangs from her eyes.
"Is it any better?" She asked softly.
"No," Sammy mumbled.
"Alright well Victor is getting dressed and I'm gonna get dressed then we'll go and they'll be able to make it better at the hospital," Michelle explained softly.
"Kay," Sammy said, closing her eyes and trying to ignore her tummy.
Michelle carefully got off the bed and made quick work of getting dressed. Once she was dressed she gently scooped Sammy up before heading to the door where she found Victor already tying up his shoes. She slid her own shoes on and grabbed one of Sammy's hoodies off the back of the couch before they left.
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It took longer than Michelle would have liked to get to the hospital but the entire drive Victor sat in the back with Sammy holding her close and trying to soothe her. When they pulled into the parking lot by the ER Michelle quickly found a spot and parked before moving to the back to lift Sammy out of the car. As soon as they walked in to the rather quiet ER they were shown to a bed and a lot quicker that Michelle expected a doctor was standing beside the bed and introducing himself.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Ross," He said as he flipped through Sammy's chart, "You're Samantha right?"
"Sammy," Sammy mumbled quietly.
"Alright, Sammy is it then," Dr. Ross said, keeping his tone light, "Can you tell me what's wrong?"
"My tummy hurts really bad," Sammy said, wincing when talking made it worse.
"Can you show me where it hurts the most?" Dr. Ross asked, setting her chart down and sitting on the edge of the bed.
Sammy nodded and moved just enough so he could see her as she pointed to her right side.
"Alright, can you lay on your back for me?" Dr. Ross asked softly.
Sammy hesitated before slowly rolling onto her back.
"I have to press on your belly a little bit," Dr. Ross explained, "I need you to tell me if it hurts."
Sammy nodded, not liking the idea of him touching her tummy at all but wanting to feel better and knowing that was one of the only ways.
Dr. Ross started gently palpating her abdomen, going from left to right, and wasn't all the surprised that she didn't wince until he pressed on the lower right side, right over where her appendix was.
"Is it better when I press on it or worse?" Dr. Ross asked, staying soft in his tone.
"Better until you stopped," Sammy mumbled, rolling onto her side again once she was sure he was finished.
Dr. Ross gave her back a small rub before jotting a couple things down in her chart then turning his attention to Michelle.
"I think it's her appendix but I want to do an ultrasound to be sure," He explained.
"Alright," Michelle said, taking in what he was saying, "If it is she'll need to have it taken out won't she?"
"Yes she will but once we confirm it we should be able to get her in this afternoon and we can give her something for the pain," Dr. Ross explained, trying to keep a reassuring tone to his voice.
"Ok," Michelle said, keeping herself composed for Sammy's sake, "When will we get the ultrasound?"
"I'm going to head up and send someone down right away and as soon as they're finished we'll discuss the results," Dr. Ross explained lightly.
"Alright," Michelle said with a nod.
As Dr. Ross left she turned to Sammy and found Victor sitting beside her on the bed, gently rubbing her back.
"You hear that, Dr. Ross is gonna figure out what's wrong," Michelle said softly, gently smoothing Sammy's hair.
Sammy nodded and closed her eyes.
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It was an hour later once the ultrasound was finished and Dr. Ross came in to discuss the results.
"So it looks like it is her appendix," Dr. Ross explained, "But I've scheduled an appendectomy for 7pm tonight and we're going to get you moved up to a room and get so morphine going so she'll be more comfortable while you wait."
"Thank you," Michelle said happy that they were at least had a plan to help Sammy's pain.
"It's my pleasure," Dr. Ross said with a smile, before turning to Sammy, "I'll see you in a couple hours and we'll fix you all up."
"Mkay," Sammy said with a nod, barely opening her eyes.
"A nurse will be in in a minute with a wheelchair and they'll move you up to a room and start some morphine," Dr. Ross explained.
"Alright," Michelle said standing up to shake his hand, "Thank you again."
"You're very welcome," Dr. Ross said, shaking her hand before giving it a reassuring squeeze.
He flashed Michelle a smile before leaving the room.
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45 minutes later Sammy was settled in a room in the pediatric ward and had been given morphine for the pain before being set up with an IV to give her fluids.
At first the morphine made Sammy more than a little loopy, giggling at everything Victor said as he tried to keep her entertained but it didn't take long after that for her to get sleepy and fall into a semi restful sleep.
Michelle tucked her in a little and fussed over her before catching site of the clock on the wall and seeing that it was already after noon.
"Victor are you hungry?" She asked, turning to him.
"A little," Victor said, not taking his eyes off Sammy, "But I don't wanna leave Sammy all alone."
"I'll stay here with her while you go get something to eat," Michelle suggested softly, "I promise I won't leave."
Victor hesitated, contemplating as he looked at Sammy, "Ok."
Michelle pulled her wallet out of her pocket and handed over a couple bills. Victor took them and looked over at Sammy one last time, leaning in to kiss her cheek before he slid off his chair and headed for the cafeteria.
It was almost 45 minutes before Victor came back and handed Michelle the change then sat back down beside Sammy.
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At first time seemed to pass rather slowly, Sammy woke up every hour or so but wasn't awake for long before she drifted off again, but all of the sudden out of nowhere a couple nurses were coming in to gently wake her up and get her ready for surgery. Once they were finished they had Michelle and Victor follow them as they wheeled her up to the surgical floor where the doctor met them.
"Hey there," He said leaning on the railing of Sammy's bed, "Are you ready to get this all fixed up?"
"Mhm," Sammy said with a nod, still tired from being woken up from her restful dosing.
"Good," Dr. Ross said peppily, "You wanna say anything to your Aunt or Brother before we head in?"
"Love you," Sammy said leaning around him so she could see Michelle and Victor.
"Love you too," Michelle said softly, leaning in to plan a kiss on her forehead, "We'll be waiting for you when you come out."
"Love you," Victor said as well, kissing her hand because he couldn't reach to kiss her cheek.
"Alright, Nurse Olivia is going to take you in and I'm going to explain a couple things to your Aunt before I meet you in there," Dr. Ross explained.
"Ok," Sammy said, waving to Michelle and Victor as the nurse wheeled her into the OR wing.
They waved back before Dr. Ross turned to talk to them.
"So the surgery shouldn't take more than an hour and as soon as I'm finished and she's heading to recovery I'll come and take you to her," Dr. Ross explained, as he lead the way to the waiting room.
"Alright," Michelle said as they stopped just outside the waiting room.
"I'll take good care of her," Dr. Ross insisted before turning and heading back the way they came.
Michelle and Victor settled into a couple chairs to wait for Sammy to be out.
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The hour seemed to drag on forever but finally Dr. Ross strolled into the waiting room and only got about half way to where they had been seated before Michelle was on her feet and in front of him, Victor trailing behind her.
"Sammy did great," Dr. Ross started with, "It was a good thing that we took her appendix out when we did though because a couple hours more and it may have burst. If you want I can take you to her now."
Michelle didn't speak, just nodded as she released the breath she didn't realize she was holding. Dr. Ross turned and led the way to the recovery room where Sammy had been moved to a bed and lay on her back still out from the anesthesia.
"She'll have to stay here until she wakes up but a nurse will be in to check on her every little bit until she's up then they'll move her back to her room," Dr. Ross explained.
"Alright," Michelle said, signaling that she had understood, "Thank you so much."
"You're very welcome," Dr. Ross said, "I'll be in to check on her before I leave for the night and then again in the morning, as long as everything's going alright she should be able to leave in a couple days."
"Alright, Thank you again," Michelle said with a smile before moving over to Sammy's bedside.
Victor watched as Dr. Ross headed out of the room before sitting down on the edge of the bed beside Sammy, careful not to sit on anything he shouldn't or jostle her.
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It took an hour after Victor and Michelle arrive in the recovery room for Sammy to come to. An intern who was working recovery came in to check her over before giving the ok that she could be moved back to her room in pediatrics.
Once she was back in her room and settled a nurse came in to ask her how her tummy was and if she wanted anything. A round of morphine and a glass of apple juice later and Sammy fell asleep again.
"It's getting late," Michelle said, glancing at her watch after tucking Sammy in, "I should probably take you home, you need to sleep if you're going to go to school tomorrow."
"I don't wanna go, I don't wanna leave Sammy," Victor said, carefully settling back into his stop beside Sammy on the bed and sliding down so he was laying beside her on the bed.
Michelle sighed but didn't push it knowing how protective Victor was of Sammy, "Alright well I'll once we get Sammy home you'll have to start going again, deal?"
"Kay," Victor hummed, deciding that Sammy should be fine without him for a bit once they were all home.
Michelle settled onto the cot to the right of Sammy's bed and started flipping through one of the magazines one of the nurses had left for her when she came to check on Sammy the last time. She glanced up every once in a while to make sure both Sammy and Victor were ok before going back to reading. It didn't take long for Victor to drift off, finally relaxing knowing that Sammy was ok again.
Michelle waited up for a lot longer than she had planned to but when she looked up and saw Victor curled up on the bed beside Sammy sound asleep she relaxed and finally felt just how tired she actually was. It wasn't long after that before she fell asleep herself.
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Much to everyone's delight the next couple of days went by extremely smoothly and Sammy was recovering almost ahead of schedule. 3 days after her surgery Dr. Ross was doing his usual check on her and after taking notes he made a decision.
"So you've been eating well and not having any issues so I don't see any reason why you shouldn't get to go home today," Dr. Ross said with a smile, "You have to promise me you'll take it easy once you're home though."
"I promise," Sammy said with an enthusiastic nod, "I have movies to watch at home."
"Good," Dr. Ross said with a satisfied smile, "I'll send someone up to take out your IV and bring up to paperwork then we can get you ready to go home."
"Ok," Sammy said excitedly.
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An hour later Victor was wheeling Sammy out of the hospital in a wheelchair accompanied by a nurse while Michelle pulled the car up to the front door to meet them. She parked and walked around to open the door before helping Sammy into the passenger seat. Victor got into the back and Michelle thanked the nurse before sliding into the driver's seat and carefully making her way out of the parking lot.
Michelle kept an eye on Sammy the entire drive, making sure she was ok and ready to pull over at any point if she needed to. When they got home Michelle helped Sammy get up and held her up as they headed for the front door. By the time they got inside and Sammy was settled on the couch she was exhausted.
"Are you ok?" Victor asked, sitting down beside her.
"Mhm, just tired," Sammy said quietly.
"Do you wanna watch a movie?" Victor asked.
"Ok," Sammy said.
Victor didn't asked what she wanted to watch just headed over and put My Neighbor Totoro on, knowing she'd like to watch it. That done he grabbed the VCR remote and moved back up to Sammy.
"Do you need anything?" He asked.
"Nope, I'm ok," Sammy said, with a yawn.
"Ok," Victor said, settling beside her before hitting play on the VCR remote.
Sammy moved slowly so she was leaning on his shoulder while trying to stay awake. 10 minutes into the movie she was asleep. Victor stayed where he was so he wouldn't bother her and kept watching the movie.
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The next couple weeks went by rather quickly and Sammy started to be able to do more and more again. Michelle took time off work to stay with her and make sure she wasn't doing anything too quickly so she wouldn't hurt herself.
Finally 3 weeks later Sammy was ok to go back to school; the whole ordeal finally behind her. She was glad she wouldn't have to deal with it again and excited when she finally got to see her friends again.
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The End