"Boom, you looking for this?"
Starting with Monday, we had a pretty dang good P Day๐ We started by getting some fire lunch and then went to a shrine, which was pretty cool! The real highlight was next to the shrine. There was a sweet cafรฉ type of place that had a bunch of sweet rooms to just hang out in๐๐
There may or may not have been a Nintendo 64, and my comp and I may or may not have played some Mario Kart and Smash Bros.... It was such a sick cafe and it had to be done๐คฃ๐คฃ After that we had to buy some things and then headed home๐๐ And, as always, we played some basketball to end the night ๐
Tuesday, we met up with Natsumi and went bowling again with her! ๐๐ It was super fun, and I always love hanging out with our friends! ๐
The rest of the day was pretty normal, and we taught English class at the end of the day! ๐
Thursday is when things got really interesting...
Basically, we got up for the day, and my stomach was hurting a little, but nothing too crazy. We had plans to go on a bike ride with a member we just reactivated, so we met up and in total biked 31.2 miles..... That might've been a mistake.... By the time I got home, my stomach was hurting a lot more, and I tried to sleep it off... Couldn't fall asleep and at about 8:30 decided to go to the hospital... A member picked us up, and at this point, I am in the most pain I've felt in my entire life...
Now, for anyone who knows me, I have always had a long dream of getting stabbed on my mission... I mean what a sick story! When I got called to Japan, I thought it was never going to happen.... That is until I found out that I had appendicitis and the doctor was gonna stab me and take it out.... Not what I had in mind, but I'll take it. So that's what happened...
Friday morning, I had surgery and got my appendix removed. In America, they let you go home that same day and start eating and just kind of taking it easy.... Sadly, this is not America... Friday, I wasn't allowed to drink anything.... Just IVs. I pretty much just hung out, was really bored, and then was in a lot of pain. Nothing very exciting... And I'm not allowed to eat any food until Monday... That's the real killer...
Saturday, I was feeling better, I didn't need pain meds, and I was up and moving more in the morning... They let me shower, and I got 13 bottle flips in a row.... Other than that, I pretty much just talked with different people from the mish and my family... The hunger really started to set in, and I was in a lot more pain, especially at night.
Luckily, I had some visitors in the afternoon! First was Elder Stevenson. He is temporary comps with my comp, Kameta้ท่, and they are working in our area. The hospital said only one person, and only family is allowed, so of course they sent the white guy, and the hospital thought we were family. We talked for close to an hour and they brought me some clothes, cards, and other things that I needed. The next person to come was Aya! She's the really nice single mother that always comes to game night and English class with her 4 year old son. She brought me some crackers (don't tell the doctors) as well as some coloring books and things to keep me entertained... The food was a real-life saver. Finally, Bill showed up, and we just talked, and he told me to baptize everyone in the hospital ๐คฃ๐คฃ Overall it was a decent day, and when I started to eat, I was feeling a lot better.
Sunday was more or less the same as Saturday, I got up, showered, snuck some food, and started to really feel better... Not a lot of energy to do much, so I kinda just stay in bed and try to keep myself entertained. I think I'm the only patient here under the age of 75 and the others are not very talkative ๐คฃ Not much to do here so I've just been calling friends in the area and then hanging out in my bed.... Bill came again today too, and he brought me a little snack and some milk.... It's a good thing I have friends who can help provide me with sustenance....
So I think I'll be in the hospital for another 2 or 3 days and I just can't wait to leave... I'm hoping that when I finally get home, I can keep doing missionary work, but our mission medical guy said my missionary work days might be over.... Hopefully, I can do some stuff even if it isn't much when I get released from the hospital....
Well, that's all I got for this week... It's been a little crazy.... If yall aren't doing much, I'd love an email to help me kill some time!
That's all, folks.
post surgery
Lunch! ๐๐
The shrine...
The super sick cafe
I made some omelettes for us...
Sorry I only got a flick of mine but I promise I made two
Out streeting at a park
Dinner with Bill!
Made it to the hospital...
Got my own room๐
Ready for surgery
Bottle flipping in the morning....
Decided to take a walk and found outside๐
Not feeling as good....
Visitors! ๐๐๐
My boy pulled up!! ๐๐
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Coloring books and I got moved to a new room....
There are 3 other people.... Not as fun
Sudoku!
This is the letter sent from the mission home about my appendectomy :)
Dear Parents of Elder Thompson:
My previous email – hastily written – has been sent to you from my missionary email account on my device at the Saiseikai Tondabayashi Hospital ( https://tondabayashi.saiseikai.or.jp) where I had no access to the Kobe Mission’s system. Now I am back to the office and trying to describe the Elder Thompson’s situation to the best of my ability from where I left off.
Your missionary son felt a pain yesterday morning (Thursday, 6/5) in his abdomen, but as a fine and dedicated missionary as he is, he went on to do his missionary work all day thinking the pain to be just a temporary stomachache. He said he was on his bicycle ride particularly long time yesterday. The pain got much worse as time went on, and at late evening he had to be taken to the hospital by his area’s branch member. President Sano upon hearing it sent out the instructions to the office missionaries like us what to do and immediately set out (past midnight) to visit him, driving 60 km from the mission home, which usually takes one hour under the Japanese highway speed limit.
As President and the Assistants had another Zone Conference to conduct today (Friday, 6/6), my office colleague and I were sent to visit him this morning at 9:00am (the hospital opens at 8:45am). He was in a good spirit, sitting on a bed smiling. I was so impressed by his fluency and command of the Japanese language! The hospital staff must have been so pleased! The doctor came in and explained to us what he had already explained to President Sano and your son - a laparoscopic surgery to be performed. Then we were escorted out to the floor’s secured lounge, to wait on during the operation.
We were invited to your son’s room after the surgery. The doctor told us everything went on very well and he - your son - should be able to eat normal food from Monday on. He will not be released from the hospital until he is well recovered, likely anywhere between 5 - 6 days. Your son is young and energetic, so he may recover much sooner. I took a couple of photos of him for you shortly after the surgery.
I suppose he is eager to communicate with you as soon as he can. In the meantime, I just wanted to inform you of your son’s situation within my limitations – language, time, distance, hospital restrictions, etc.
Sincerely,
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