On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 12:10:11 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> Mine was removed 63 years ago, when I was ten. Back then an
> appendectomy required a week's hospital stay.
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Mine had burst and they had to go back in a second time and
insert a drainage tube. I also had a stomach pump, a catheter,
and iv's for nearly the two weeks I was in hospital. I missed
a total of a month of school; fifth grade, but passed.