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Happy 30th in Heaven, Jena ❤️
Jena Cassalina
3/13/93 ...

Today’s PSA: Ruptured Appendix

So, a funny thing happened to me on Wednesday; my appendix ruptured.

Q: How did I know?
Q: Was I in crazy pain?
Q: Was I nauseous or sick?

A: Not really, no.

Q: Doesn’t that happen to kids?
A: Hey, at 54, I’m a kid at heart.

That’s why I’m writing this PSA today.

Please seek a medical professional if you have a gut feeling something’s off. (Pun intended)

Here’s my recap:

Tuesday night, I was completely fine.

I woke up in pain in my lower right abdomen.
By 10 am, it still was there.

There was snow in the forecast, so I went before the roads got bad.
I was not in that much pain. On a scale of 1-10, I was at a 4.

I drove to Urgent Care to ‘rule things out’ and found a penny when I signed in.

Here is a quick test you can check at home if you suspect a problem:

1) Put left thumb on the belly button and pinky on the pelvic bone (Asis-Anterior Superior Iliac Spine). If there is pain where your middle finger lands, that could be appendicitis.

2) Bend/Lift, right leg at 90 degrees and it causes increase pain in lower right abdomen.

3) Applying light pressure and release (rebound test) on the abdomen causes increased pain.

I had all three, and within 5 minutes, I was told to go to the hospital ASAP for a CT Scan (with contrast dye).

Drove myself to the hospital, Marc met me there, and hours and tests later, I was in the Operating Room.

Official Diagnosis: acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis and gangrene without abscess.

Peritonitis: caused by bacterial infection after the rupture of an abdominal organ.

Gangrene: (Internal bacterial) progresses very fast. It’s fatal within 48 hours if you don’t receive treatment.

I spent a couple of days in the hospital with IV antibiotics and was sent home with antibiotics to recover for 1-2 weeks. No lifting anything heavier than 20 lbs for six weeks.

So thankful I made it to the hospital when I did, and Thank God for modernized medicine.

👉 So, kids, the lesson is: It’s always better to be safe than sorry.

👉 Go and get checked out if you feel something isn’t right with your health.

🚨 Your life, literally, could depend on that. ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄 ...

🎬That’s a wrap! 🎥

I can’t share what it was about but you know it had to be something special to have a film crew come to your house to record it!

ADDITIONAL EDIT:
During the filming, the room was quiet as Marc was talking. And then out of nowhere our Soundsystem turned on and music 🎶 was playing throughout the entire house.
Why do I think Jena was doing her best to be a part of this? #LoveNeverEnds 😇
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