I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance with a ruptured appendix and had peronitis from the rupture as well. I underwent emergency surgery that didn't fully resolve the problem, and after ten dark days in hospital, underwent a second, more successful surgery and was discharged a few days later. I spent 10 days a friend's house recovering, before returning to my flat in the city centre. Only then, almost four weeks after initially being rushed to hospital, did one of my parents visit me. Gran...
