[onewhippedpuppy]

gunlover, my 15 year old sister in law just went through that. She'd been having intermittent aches in her lower stomach for days, but nothing more. Had a really bad one last weekend that would not go away. Got her parents up in the middle of the night to go to the ER. They thought she was just being dramatic, they knew they were wasting their night's sleep for a stomach ache. I believe her words were, "you're going to feel really bad if it's serious". So of course, they took her. Doctor almost sent her home with "mid-cycle cramps", but then decided to do a cat-scan. She was in surgery by morning for a seriously enlarged appendix.