My Sister Had Her Appendix Out Yesterday
By Nelda Hoxie
@NeldaHoxie (1381)
United States
November 1, 2015 3:47am CST
I guess this goes under you just never know what's going to happen on any day. She had been having stomach pains for a few days and thought she had indigestion or something. Finally the pain got so bad her husband took her to the ER. The doctor said she had appendicitis and it had to come out. Because it hadn't burst,they did laproscopically and she'll be home today.
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
1 Nov 15
Sometimes pain is your friend. She called my mom this morning, so she's doing well.
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fortunately it did not burst yet 
@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
1 Nov 15
Actually they are finding out that it does perform some important functions, however, she'll be fine without out. It's not the meaningless organ they once thought it was.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
1 Nov 15
It is amazing how easy it is today with that laparocscopy.
I hope she will be fine now.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
2 Nov 15
@cacay1 No not the pain, but to be out of hospital so soon Erly.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
1 Nov 15
Mine ruptured when I was 18 - it wasn't so good...I have a huge scar! Glad your sister was able to have the easier surgery!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
1 Nov 15
@NeldaHoxie I was in the hospital 7 days and I had a spinal so wound up with a horrid headache for weeks. ugh, bad memories.
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
1 Nov 15
Yep, her incision is about an inch long. Much easier to heal and less chance of infeciton.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
2 Nov 15
It reminds me of our third son. On the wedding day of their sister (the youngest in the family), he had to be taken to the hospital for emergency operation to remove his appendix. He was on pain the night before the wedding. But after the operation he watched the video of his sister's wedding on his hospital bed.
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
2 Nov 15
That was terrible timing. I'm glad he got to see the video.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
7 Nov 15
I think this shows up the character of your sister.
If you have stomach pain for days, she would rush you to the hospital.
And yet, when she has stomach pain, she downplays the pain, and claims that it is nothing much, just indigestion.
In the end, it takes a wise husband to bring her to the ER.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
2 Nov 15
I know quite a few people who had appendicitis and undergone surgery. Very painful they said ...
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Nov 15
Oh, what a pain, everyone here is so happy that she be home after her operation...
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
2 Nov 15
I am glad everything worked out for her. The same thing happened to my husband years ago and he was in the hospital a couple of days before they could figure out what it was.
@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
2 Nov 15
Oh. the same did happened with my niece too. The last time when she came here, she suddenly felt a heavy pain in stomach. Soon she started to cry. We all arranged a vehicle and took her to hospital and the doctor confirmed that it is appendicitis.
@shine25 (75)
• Quezon City, Philippines
2 Nov 15
Im sorry to hear that... I hope she is okay now.. :(
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
2 Nov 15
Do your remember when people were in the hospital for 10 days or so after a simple appendectomy? Things have really changed.
