To Live With Fear I Part 4
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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Posted in pain in left abdomen
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Mine ruptered, but …
Mine ruptered, but that was a long time ago. I was too sick to remember anything but being really sick! I thought I was going to die. Like Mary, I didn’t tell my mom I was hurting until it was almost too late. I couldn’t even walk as I woke in the middle of the night with unimaginable pain. They kept me doped up on Morphine in the hospital for 10 days after the operation.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
lol
lol
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Marijuana
Marijuana
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Being in the …
Being in the hospital then was so different then now. When I had my apendex out my parents were able to stay with me the whole time. Plus, we don’t have to pay for all that stuff if we have health insurence.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Good point. From …
Good point. From what mustwinder said that does seem probable. I just was not sure if it was meant to show how hard their life way i.e. they are scared that she was hurt by the horse and have hardly got over that when she gets ill. But your idea works better.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Ether. It was one …
Ether. It was one of the first types of anesthesias.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
what was he giving …
what was he giving mary in the operating room?
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
i’m thinking it …
i’m thinking it might, other wise why would they put the scene with the horse in the show? if the horse had nothing to do with it, i think that scene would be kinda random, don’t you think?
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
why dosn’t Charles …
why dosn’t Charles wear he’s birthdaypresent, when heá in bed?
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
At 44 seconds the …
At 44 seconds the doctor’s office looks a little like Dr Baker’s office.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Appendicitis is …
Appendicitis is typically very abrupt and requires immediate surgey, symptoms don’t tend to wax and wane for several days. Although it depends on the individual. With me, I was feeling fine at 6pm and 5 hours later, I couldn’t move. That is a typical case for a young teen.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
It seems likely but …
It seems likely but it’s hard to say, an event like that certainly could (I said could) precipitate an infection. Then, it’s just a tv show so who knows.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
well wait, the …
well wait, the appendix is part of the intestines…
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
it seems more …
it seems more likely that it waqs appendicitis
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I don’t think so.
I don’t think so.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
What happened was …
What happened was the horse kicked her in the intestines and it got infected. She needed surgery to drain the infection which wasnt enough so they had to go in again and removed the dead part.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Does the infection …
Does the infection have anything to do with the horse or not? I am confused.