Hanna ~ Sadie Hawkins Dance

Hanna asked Mitch Olsen to the Sadies Hawkins Dance at the high school. The dance is a girls choice dance, and the theme was the 1920s.

Hanna posted goofy pictures of Mitch all around his bedroom to ask him to the dance. He came and put up streamers around her bedroom with 2 bags of all-dressed chips that said, "I am so excited to  get All Dressed to go to Sadies with you."

Hanna rented a dress from the theater in town. She went with a fun group of kids who made pizza at Haylie Holland's house before the dance.

Hanna has the honor of having her dad at the school dances since he is the principal. Lucy and Carly also went with him to take money at the door. Carly danced the night away in the hallway. She says she can't wait for high school.

Hanna is lucky she ended up getting to go to the dance. She had a pain in her right side that started on Saturday night. On Monday morning when she said she didn't want to go to school, I decided to take her to the doctor to see if it was appendicitis. 

Here is my notes while we were killing time in the hospital:

Monday, November 6 

Hanna would not get off the couch to go to school

Pain in her right abdomen 

Decide to go to Cardston Emergency Room after we drop off kids for school.

Please rate your pain, one being a bee sting and 10 being child labour.   Hanna had to think about it because bee stings actually hurt. #7

Wait half hour - talk to Dr. Leavitt

Blood test - Hanna's first ever

Wait 2.5 hours for them to decide to send us to Lethbridge to get an ultrasound. 

Hanna wants to build a fort in her hospital room. I wanted to play Hide the Thimble.

Drink two glasses of water on the way so your bladder  will be full. Only drank one. Got in the hospital and had to go the bathroom right now before  we even made it to the ultrasound room. So I made her drink a little more. 

Never fear the bladder was completely full. Check the ovaries, the kidneys, and the appendix. 

Hold on while the radiologist checks it. 

Couldn't wait much longer- had to go. Everything looks ok.

Radiologist calls Dr. Leavitt. Sending us to ER to talk to surgeon.

Hanna's locker is stuck. 3 workers can't get it open. Call maintenance. Send Hanna to ER in her hospital gown. Lock was stuck in my water bottle. 

Had to move the truck twice so I wouldn't get a parking ticket.

3.5 hours so far waiting for surgeon 

Hanna hasn't eaten for 10.5 hours 

Hanna keeps saying this is lit.

So finally the surgeon came in after 4 hours and said that she didn't look like she was having an appendicitis. Then he showed us where the appendix is. The pain is not right there. An inch or two lower. Probably something to do with her female system. Pain should go away after a while. Appendicitis is faster moving infection that comes with fever and nausea, etc.

Well, we were glad she didn't need surgery, but still don't really know what is wrong.  The pain is still there but she functions. Hopefully it will go away really soon.