Hi! > Some of you have met my lad Stefan, so thought you would like to know > that he was rushed into hospital yesterday with suspected appendicitis. > He had an uncomfortable night under observation and this morning it's > looking more and more like just a severe abdominal infection. You know > when you get swollen glands in your neck with a cold sometimes? Well > apparently the ones in your belly/groin can do the same and cause acute > pain similar to appendicitis. Fortunately, his pain has not progressed > to the excruciating levels that indicates appendicitis, so with a bit of > luck he might be out this evening. > > I'm sat at the bedside while Alma and Stef play Rummikub and what to do > but peruse the couple of hundred emails from the list !
Pass him our regards and wishes of speedy and complete recovery. Personally, between age 7 and 9 or so I was diagnosed with appendicitis three times. The last time I actually had scarlet fever... So far, my belly is intact... -- Boris
