We don’t seem to hear about too many people these days who have appendicitis – I’m not sure why, but people still do get it and it can be very serious.
My daughter had appendicitis when she was 15 and her roomie at the hospital had it as well, except her appendix had burst before the surgeon got to it. When an appendix bursts, this can cause infection in the belly, which can be life threatening. Luckily, the girl was ok, but it must have been very frightening for her parents.
It’s not always easy to tell if a child has appendicitis, …read more

Earlier today, I wrote about a procedure to extract an appendix through a woman’s vagina. So now, I find that a surgeon in France has removed someone’s kidney through her vagina: Hospital Clinic conducts the first kidney extraction through the vagina in Europe.
I understand the rationale and all that but – yikes! It’s giving me a real case of the creep-outs…. (how’s that for a medical term?).
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Do you have your appendix? I still do, but many of my peers don’t. Until four years ago, I didn’t know anyone who had to have an appendectomy, but in 2003, my then 14-year-old daughter developed appendicitis and had to have the traditional surgery that left her with a 2-inch scar because he was afraid that her appendix was not far from bursting.
As routine as an appendectomy is, it is a surgery with all the inherent risks of surgery, from the sedation (anesthetic) to pain, to the potential of infections. But, according to researchers, some of these issues may one …read more