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Thursday, July 10, 2014


You know what's more fun than a kidney infection? A kidney infection that is not, in fact, a kidney infection but actually secret appendicitis! Wheee!

By the time I was rushed in for emergency surgery, after a month of feeling increasingly not so hot, my appendix was officially "obliterated". That's the word the consultant used in my notes. It was so far gone, he couldn't even find any bits of appendix left, just rampant infection as far as the eye could see. Of course, being a day shy of 31 weeks pregnant added a layer of spice to proceedings. The moment the doctor told us there was a significant risk the baby would need to be delivered while I was being operated on was memorable.

And yet, here we are, nearly two weeks later. One appendix out, one baby still in. It's a sturdy little thing, it seems. Its mother, not so much.

I'm beginning to feel like the punchline of some great cosmic joke. Losing a parent in pregnancy isn't enough, I have to lose a random internal organ as well? Can't I just get fat ankles and haemorrhoids like any normal pregnant person?

Hopefully this will be my last unsolicited medical update for you, and normal service consisting of meandering rants, impractical shoes and dogs in silly hats will resume shortly. At some point, there may even be a baby. There bloody better be, after all this.


Panni Malekzadeh, 'Feelings', 2012 via The Morning News

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  1. Lisa-Marie10 July 2014 at 10:36

    Oh Kirsty, that is horrendous. Thinking of you. Xx

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  2. Moz10 July 2014 at 10:36

    Shit, Kirsty - I'm so sorry. Hope you feel better soon. Great to hear the baby's coping well though.

    Lots and lots of love xxx

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  3. Linsey10 July 2014 at 10:44

    Kirsty, you're definitely due some luck. Hopefully this means your labour will be entirely pain free and your baby will be a wonderful sleeper! Sending love and I hope these last few weeks are entirely uneventful (in the nicest possible way) xx

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  4. domestikate10 July 2014 at 10:49

    Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to hear this! Glad they caught it at last and you and the baby are OK now. Fingers crossed for everyone going smoothly from here on xx

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  5. Frances10 July 2014 at 10:55

    Oh Kirsty, I'm sorry things are being so rubbish. Glad you and the baby are ok - I hope you're spending the next few weeks with your feet firmly up xx

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  6. Gwen - TheFoodieHistorian10 July 2014 at 11:04

    Oh golly, that sounds both terrifying and deeply painful. All the sympathy. Really hoping that the remainder of the pregnancy (and following months) are suitably dull and uneventful xx

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  7. E.10 July 2014 at 12:33

    I hope your baby sleeps through the night all of the time.

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  8. Evelyn10 July 2014 at 15:55

    Kirsty!!! What in the world. Be well. Tell your organs to be cool. Christ's sake.xo

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  9. ellebougies10 July 2014 at 16:43

    What an utterly shite hand the universe has dealt you lately. Much love, lady. Here's to a truly uneventful sneeze birth & a little 'un who's nothing but joy embodied. xx

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  10. lyn10 July 2014 at 17:43

    WHAT in the name of WHAT. You poor thing! I'm glad it went okay and nothing bad or even mildly irritating is allowed to happen again for the remainder of this pregnancy! I said so.

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  11. Pip11 July 2014 at 14:57

    You poor love! Hope you've got your feet up on the sofa working your way through multiple box sets before the bambino arrives. xx

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  12. HazelxJoy11 July 2014 at 18:57

    Oof! Let's hope this is the last hospital visit until baby arrives (fully cooked and without drama).

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  13. Unknown12 July 2014 at 14:24

    Oh goodness that sounds just horrible. I hope it is uneventful from here on out x

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  14. shine little light*16 July 2014 at 03:13

    Holy crap - you poor lamb. that baby is gonna be as tough as nails (in a really cute way). Now stay out of hospital! *s*

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  15. Bex17 July 2014 at 23:54

    Oh my word!! How utterly horrendous, I'm so glad they found the cause and managed to deal with it safely! Fingers crossed you'll have a nice chilled out time from now on! xxx

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  16. kathleen // scout + lilly22 July 2014 at 05:07

    So apparently I have missed, well, EVERYTHING. I have missed literally all the things. I cannot believe how a well-intentioned teensy hiatus from blog-reading has turned me into a completely ignorant woman. SO MANY FEELS FOR YOU ABOUT ALL THE THINGS. I cannot even begin to express them. Holy shit.

    All kinds of hugs and good juju and warm fuzzy kittens from across the pond!

    xo
    Kathleen

    P.S. Fuck appendixes. Appendices? Oh fuck it all. My best friend's was taken out earlier this year. She drove herself to the hospital after being told by a team of female ambulance people (!!!) that it was MENSTRUAL CRAMPS. I mean, for fuck's sake. And on top of that, she was also practically in sepsis because a complex ovarian cyst had ruptured. So seriously - fuck all the internal organs.

    P.P.S. Did I say "fuck" enough? I won't be offended if this doesn't get approved :-)


    xoxoxoxoxoxo

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