Thursday night was a productive night...thanks to my good friend Lynne. We cranked out six batches of dough, assembled one basket of mini hugs for her injured co-worker, Michelle, two platter of 25 cookies each for an employee appreciation lunch and 47 cookies for B3 and Virgin Olive Market. As hard as I tried to get Lynne to go home after her basket was complete, she would not budge. She stayed until the bitter end...a little after midnight. It was so nice to have some company for a change. I think Lynne's calming aura must be my lucky charm because each time she visits the kitchen to help, the cookies turn out absolutely perfectly.
Friday began with a feeble voice calling up to me from downstairs. It was Ryan asking for something to help his ailing stomach. He hadn't slept a wink and was sure he was suffering from food poisoning. I couldn't imagine that was the case because we had eaten the same thing the night before and I was fine. The pain in his belly was so severe he could barely speak. I strongly urged him to call the doctor and thank goodness he listened. Turns out it was not food poisoning at all. He had acute appendicitis and ended up in the hospital with an emergency appendectomy Friday night. Thank goodness everything went swimmingly during the procedure. The doctor said he was fortunate to have come in when he did...another few hours and the appendix would have burst.
I told Ryan while I appreciated his concern about me needing to take a break from baking and the market, staging an appendectomy was above the call of duty!
Saturday morning I slept in until 9:00 and then headed for the hospital. I was greeted by a tired Ryan, happy to be through the worst of the pain. Of course, I think the morphine may have had a little to do with that. Thank goodness Ryan made it through his first surgery with flying colors. He had taken another step into adulthood and had a story to add to his collection.
Many hugs,
Kathy
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