Appendix Burst Essay

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An incident that provoked an intense emotional moment was when my Appendix burst. When my appendix burst it took them days to even notice that they were missing. I became very sick I couldn’t walk, eat, use the bathroom, and I had dehydrated. I went to the doctor, and also the hospital but they all said the same that I had a stomach virus. My mom brought me to Selma hospital they tried to send me home but my mom wouldn’t let them. When they found what was wrong with me I was immediately airlifted to Birmingham. The poison from my appendix bursting spread all over my body I needed immediate surgery. The doctors couldn’t perform the surgery right then because I had an absent in the bottom of my stomach and it was swollen.
After a week they finally

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