Mom, I want to go home… I don’t feel well.

— Maybe it’s because of the sweets? — her mother asked carefully.

— No… I didn’t eat anything… It hurts so much…

The woman knelt down beside her, hoping it was just a cramp.

— Show me where it hurts.

The girl, clenching her teeth, pointed to her right side. Her mother’s heart dropped: everything looked like appendicitis.

Without losing a second, she put the child in the car, called her husband and told him to drive straight to the hospital, and sped there as fast as she could.