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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 148189" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>I'm one of those who had a few appendicitis scares when I was younger. It wasn't my appendix. It wasn't ovarian cysts. What it was was the egg leaving the ovary. For me, this was doubling over, on the verge of passing out pain.</p><p> </p><p>Did anyone explain to your daughter that she could not eat in case it was her appendix? Surgeons will do their stuff in an extreme emergency if someone has eaten but it definitely increases the risk factors -- both of choking under the anesthesia and the risk of infection in the abdomen.</p><p> </p><p>As to the smoking, your daughter has my sympathy on that one. Honestly, I've sat in ERs as a patient and have in fact gone outside to smoke. Yes, I was sick. Not dying, but sick. It harmed no one but me to go out and have the cigarette. I always checked with the clerk to make sure I wasn't next on the list to be called. Heck, I'd do the same thing when I had to go to the bathroom. I really hated missing seeing the nurse and/or doctor. So, if she needed a cigarette that badly, was there really any reason she couldn't have one or did the hospital prohibit smoking anywhere on its grounds? Sorry, I understand the food issue, but not the smoking issue.</p><p> </p><p>We aren't always rational when ill. When we're little we get our blankies and stuffies when we're sick. As adults, our blankies and stuffies are our families holding our hand, our pets, our food, our ciggies. I understand your frustration but your daughter has my sympathies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 148189, member: 3626"] I'm one of those who had a few appendicitis scares when I was younger. It wasn't my appendix. It wasn't ovarian cysts. What it was was the egg leaving the ovary. For me, this was doubling over, on the verge of passing out pain. Did anyone explain to your daughter that she could not eat in case it was her appendix? Surgeons will do their stuff in an extreme emergency if someone has eaten but it definitely increases the risk factors -- both of choking under the anesthesia and the risk of infection in the abdomen. As to the smoking, your daughter has my sympathy on that one. Honestly, I've sat in ERs as a patient and have in fact gone outside to smoke. Yes, I was sick. Not dying, but sick. It harmed no one but me to go out and have the cigarette. I always checked with the clerk to make sure I wasn't next on the list to be called. Heck, I'd do the same thing when I had to go to the bathroom. I really hated missing seeing the nurse and/or doctor. So, if she needed a cigarette that badly, was there really any reason she couldn't have one or did the hospital prohibit smoking anywhere on its grounds? Sorry, I understand the food issue, but not the smoking issue. We aren't always rational when ill. When we're little we get our blankies and stuffies when we're sick. As adults, our blankies and stuffies are our families holding our hand, our pets, our food, our ciggies. I understand your frustration but your daughter has my sympathies. [/QUOTE]
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