So, Vanessa's nightly abdominal pain started like usual. Her subspecialist still thinks he's on the right track, but every bit of the $700/mo meds he's got her on seem to make no difference. But this past Saturday night was different than the past 60 some nights in a row with completely incapacitating and distressing abdominal pain. This night, it never let up. As soon as the pain meds wore off, she looked terrible again. By 8 a.m. the pain was even worse. She's never had this much pain in the morning before! How could this have happened??!!! The day before she felt so great! Since this was not apparently getting any better, we sought evaluation in the ER. I thought it was actually a waste of money to do the CT scan. She's had three in the past during the identical pain crises... and all were normal. When the results came back as acute appendicitis, I was floored. Floored. I began crying... How can this be??? What more new problems can my poor wife develop??!! She&#