[at-l] Re: Cell phone connection availability

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I'd be really surprised if that was the case. Rarely does someone with an 
acute abdomen walk - anywhere. He may have felt some vague abdominal 
discomfort that progressed to generalized pain, localized and became an 
acute abdomen that required evacuation. The diagnosis of appendicitis is 
complicated for surgeons. I suggest you are excessively critical of a sick 
man, and place a higher degree of medical/surgical competence than is 
appropriate.

I hope you never have the occasion to experience the pain of an acute 
abdomen or the impossibility of walking with it. I hope you are not 
similarly critical of others with medical conditions that preclude hiking 
at your pace.

OrangeBug

At 11:33 AM 3/19/2002 -0500, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>Wasn't this the guy that left to start his section hike with abdominal pain
>and continued in pain, until finally his appendix burst, when he had amble
>time to turn around make it back to the car on his own?  And I called him a
>haphazard hiker, which he clearly was?