It started with a sharp pain in my lower abdomen while I was folding laundry. At first, I brushed it off as something minor, maybe food poisoning. But within an hour, I could barely stand. My husband, Aaron, was out of town on a business trip, and I was home alone with our three-year-old twins, Lucas and Sophie.
The pain became unbearable. I called my doctor, who told me to get to the ER immediately—suspected appendicitis, possibly ruptured.
