Olivia Armstrong is recovering from surgery — as well as a harrowing ordeal of simply getting to the operating table.
At around 4:45 a.m. on June 25, the 21-year-old went to the emergency room at the Red Deer Hospital because of abdominal pain.
“If I stayed still, then it was not as bad. But as soon as I’d move again, it would start hurting bad,” Armstrong said.
It took more than six hours before she was able to get an ultrasound.
“It was just frustrating… that it had taken so long, and it could be something serious,” she said.
The ultrasound revealed Armstrong had appendicitis and
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