11-21-2009, 10:03 PM
When I was six, I got appendicitis, but my pediatrician mis-diagnosed it as the flu and sent me home from the ER.
Hours later, when my fever spiked at 107, and I had vomiting, convulsions, and hallucinations, my parents rushed me back to the ER, where I was taken to surgery immediately. Turns out my appendix had ruptured. My parents were told that if they'd brought me in 30 minutes later, I'd have died. Spent something like six weeks in the hospital recovering. Fun times.
Hours later, when my fever spiked at 107, and I had vomiting, convulsions, and hallucinations, my parents rushed me back to the ER, where I was taken to surgery immediately. Turns out my appendix had ruptured. My parents were told that if they'd brought me in 30 minutes later, I'd have died. Spent something like six weeks in the hospital recovering. Fun times.