Charles has just got a new work horse and Mary offers to put him in the barn for him. While tying him up Jack comes in barking marking the horse nervous. Dispite Mary’s efforts to calm the horse, the horse kicks her in the abdomen. Her crys are heard from the creek where Charles is washing up. Mary claims to be alright just dirty. That night when the family is all together celebrating Charles birthday everyone agress that the best gift was Mary not being injured. The next day at school when Mary is up for jump roping she falls to the ground by a sudden onset of pain in her stomach. Doctor Baker evaluates Mary and tells her to stay in bed for the next couple of days but if the pain gets worse to let her parents know. Later that night Mary is awaken in bed with the same pain only worse she goes out for a drink of water when Caroline comes up to her realizing she is running a fever. Charles goes and gets Doctor Baker. In the morning Doctor Baker doesnt feel right about the situation and says Mary needs an operation but he is not qualified to perform that kind of surgery so him and Caroline need to take her to Rochestor. Once at the hospital the Doctor tells Mary how sick she really is and that he will perform surgery on her tomorrow morning. After speaking with her parents Charles and Caroline go to the finance department to get the expenses for Mary. The cost are higher than they expected but promise to keep up to date on the bill. Early the next morning Mary has her surgery and all appears to have gone well and that they will know in about a week if the drainage had been enough. Relived, her parents go to their hotel to celebrate and send the good news home. Later they go back to visit Mary and are shocked to see her not in her bed the nurse tells them she is in the Doctors surgery. The doctor comes out telling her parents that Mary went into convulsions and will need another operation to remove the disease tissue. She cant have the operation until she is stronger which wont be for awhile. Charles knows that means more money and heads home to sell his farm to pay for Marys bill.

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have a mild pain in my abdomen left side,and expierience a bubbling gasious sensation from my stomach,i also have a chesty cough.Slightly constipated.Does anyone kow what thes symptoms are?

It's possibly just a urinary or kidney infection.
I thought I had appendicitis but it turned out to be a kidney infection. Although I never had the cough & I wasn't constipated. Don't know what you mean by the bubbling though :S
Visit your GP.

please help its been hurting for about 2 weeks and i am in pain some days! educated guess please?

The pain could be from a hernia. Nurse Kindheart