i juz woke up to prepare to go school, and recieved news that alex was admitted into hospital for appendicitis.. omg... pray that he's okay.. for those who don't know wads appendicitis.. here's a short description of it... the appendix is a small, finger-shaped branch off your large intestine, in the lower right part of your belly, also called your abdomen. it has no purpose to be there at all.

when the appendix gets inflamed, or swells up, it's called appendicitis). People at all ages/sex/race might get appedicitis... there isn't always an obvious reason why appendicitis happens.. sometimes it happens after there is an infection in the intestine. sometimes something causes a blockage in the appendix, such as food that was in the process of being digested.. this blockage can cause appendicitis..

appendicitis is not contagious... this means you can't catch it from anyone who has it... but there isn't much you can do to prevent appendicitis from happening also... but referring to old wife's stories, alot of stories show that a person who went to exercize straight after a meal before everything's digested, will be more prone to contract appendicitis.. as food may be incorrectly placed in the intestine due to excessive movement of the human body in the process of the food being digested.. who know's if this is true or not ner... but sounds logical to me... less movement = less possibility of the food blocking the appendix.. well... yup... so after u have a meal, do remember to allow at least 30mins to 45mins of digesting time for your body, before doing strainous workout or excessive work that requires large movement of your body, this can help minimize the possibility of appendicitis... alrites to the symptoms.

normally, the first appendicitis symptoms is a bellyache around the belly button.. sometimes, vomiting follows.. after a few hours, the pains tend to move down to the lower right side of the belly.. Sometimes the pain can become sharp and intense in this area.. a person with appendicitis will not feel very hungry, and he or she might be constipated or have a slight fever.. some people might not want to move around because they feel better if they lie down and curl up... which actually doesn't help much, other than feeling better for a few moments.. the best way is to consult a doctor..

at the doctor, he will check for tenderness over the abdomen, especially over the lower right side of your belly, a spot known as McBurney's point... this spot hurts if a it's really appendicitis... the doctor also may test a small sample of the blood to see if there are a high number of white blood cells, which means there could be an infection in the body.. sometimes, an X-ray or CAT scan of the abdomen might be required also.

if after checking, its confirmed to be appendicitis, the patient has to undergo a small operation called appendectomy (the name for surgery that removes the appendix), anesthesia will be given.. which will put the patient into a long sleep, and keeps the pain from coming during the surgery.. in the process of the operation, the surgeon will make a small cut in the abdomen and remove the appendix.. the operation will leave a tiny scar at the end... this marks the end of the appendectomy...

after the surgery, it takes 1 to 3 weeks to recover fully and go back to a normal life, but nevertheless, this also marks the end of the irritating no-use appendix having problems again. (:

hmm.. having said so much, i should prepare to go school ler... i pray sincerely for alex, hope that no complications will occur during his surgery, and may he get well soon.. i still owe him a BIG happy birthday meal + present.. anyone who wants to contribute, or go to hospital to visit him wif me can call/sms me, or msn me also can... now i suddenly thought of the importance of cherishness... u see, life's critical, we don't know wad comes our way.. this time is juz a small appendicitis incident, what will happen the next time... we really can't foresee.. (or at least, you can't foresee).. so take this opportunity, to cherish all people around you, a mere phrase of concern, or lunch over at FC6, all the time spent will prove to be very useful, and the best thing is? you will never regret spending time with ur friends.. trust me..

now i juz hope alex will be fine... take care.... may god bless him..