TX Mommy Of Five+ One!!: Ahhhh!!! Appendicitis!!!

First off, let me say I fell very guilty about my kid being so sick for so long and not even realizing it. The doctors reassured me I couldn't have done anything more even I had brought him in on Monday or Tuesday the result would have been the same. I had a thought in the back of my mind he was sicker than he let on but I didn't want to believe that, from now on I will trust my instinct.
So DJ had been sick for about a week. He was sent home from school on Monday for vomiting and stayed home on Tuesday. Went back to school on Wednesday without fever or vomiting, he still claimed his stomach hurt. I kinda blew it off, thinking it just a bug. Well Friday after school he looked terrible, his eyes looked sunk in, he was pale and was still complaining. So off to the ER we went. We didn't have to wait long. We were triaged pretty quickly and sent to ultrasound. In ultrasound I knew something was up because it was taking forever and the ultrasound tech had her boss come in and take more pics. After ultrasound we were informed he had a perforated appendix and he would need surgery. They said it would be the next day after he had some fluids and antibiotics. We were given a room and settled in. Not ten minutes after we were asleep, they came in to take him to surgery, guess he was sicker than we thought.
Surgery took about an hour, was in recovery for almost 2 hrs due to his bp being very low and his oxygen stats. He was given meds and then stabilized. We then were able to finally rest. It had been almost 24 hrs we had been up.
We slept a few hours then he had to go to the restroom and we were awake all day. He was in pain, but got up and moved around. That night we slept much better. Sunday he was feeling much better but still was in quite a bit of pain. Also he was getting more and more upset about not being able to eat food. He had been on liquid diet. Well today was the best day by far. He was able to go off the IV fluids, moved around much better and best yet--he was able to eat REAL FOOD for dinner. Never seen a kid so happy, well except when he got to eat a popsicle for breakfast. We are hoping tomorrow we will be able to get outta here. He is definitely is tired of being here. He misses the animals and his siblings (whether he admits that or not)! I really miss my other kids and I know they miss me. Also tomorrow is mine and the husbands anniversary (8 years together, married 3) so I would like to be home with him. I am sure my house is a disaster and my mom who came down to help wants to go home. I am sure. My household is chaos to many, and my mom only had one kid so it is a but overwhelming and LOUD! LOL... I want thank everyone for all the well wishes and concerns,my mom for coming down and helping with everything.
I have taken some pics during our lil visit and will post them here!!

Deion sleeping in waiting room while DJ was in surgery