April Schutte

April Schutte Instagram – Shawn is home! Home with us and recovering ❤️‍🩹 This was the hardest and worst week ever…One week ago, Wednesday evening we went to the ER because Shawn had extreme stomach pain that wouldn’t stop and kept worsening. Hours of waiting lead to them finally diagnosing him with appendicitis (I had assumed this hours before but we were hoping it was food poisoning). They decided they needed to do surgery the next day and in the meantime kept pumping him full of antibiotics and pain meds (which did nothing the first day!) They then kept pushing his surgery back and as the time passed, his pain and swelling got worse and worse. They finally went in and his appendix had perforated just as they were starting to remove it! Once in recovery, there were some minor issues that are too gross to mention…then on the other side of surgery, there were SO many things that kept happening to make this a lot more challenging (and painful) than the average appendectomy. His organs were “dormant” and wouldn’t wake up and function properly…his belly bloated up so badly, causing even more pain, he couldn’t even keep water down without painfully vomiting because of extreme heartburn. It was so hard to see Shawn like this and to leave him there…Grey and I went to visit every day, twice a day. It was hard to find help as everyone has their usual routines and responsibilities, but Grey was a model visitor and the nurses all looked forward to seeing him. They were amazing. A time we were able to get help, and we are so grateful. @ghoulygrrrl and her family took care of Grey for one of the days when I needed to work a modeling (that’s a whole other ball of stress I’ll get into later!) They took him into their home and gave him so much love! Well…I meant to make this short…just so fucking grateful that my love is healing and getting better each day. With that, my anxiety is slowly starting to relax a bit…and one more thanks to all of our friends and family who texted every day! We love you 🖤 And to my lovely clients, I will get you on my books ASAP! (Last 2 photos are from today! We all got out for a slow walk on this beautiful day and had some vegan ice cream) | Posted on 28/Sep/2023 09:47:32