Inside Out

Time to 'fess up, my daughter Jess has been pretty poorly for the last five days, we originally thought she might have been suffering as a result of trying to take her old dad on in a chile eating contest, (that Jardines, 7J Jalepeno Verde is serious stuff, like a tattoo in a jar) Mr's B's mum intuition kicks in and we end up at the Baptist Emergency Hospital to get Jess checked out, Mr's B reckons Jessie B has the classic symptoms of an appendicitis, (Mr's B is a physiotherapist and Scottish, don't even go there) the Doctor in the emergency room agrees, 'typical appendicitis symptoms, I've checked the' 'Mcburney, not a modest man' counters Mrs B, the doc suggests a CT scan, twenty minutes later Jess is down for a scan, it's not an appendicitis 'Godamn, if I owned a hat, I'd have to eat it!' Turns out she has a kidney infection, she gets hooked up to some intravenous fluids and drugs, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do is leave my little girl in that hospital......