Quote Originally Posted by imagine View Post
You mean he couldn't tell the difference between an ovary and an appendix
Correct.

There was presumably severe inflammation around the appendix, in addition to bleeding, which could also have involved nearby structures like the right ovary and ( fallopian ) tube.

Signs / symptoms of appendicitis, and " normal / textbook " anatomy, are changed in pregnancy. There are MANY possible causes of severe abdominal pain in pregnancy, which may be hard to diagnose. Local peritonitis ( inflammation ) and bleeding would have contributed to that difficulty by obscuring what was seen at operation.

I'm not making excuses, just explaining what the media have told us.

I also didn't choose to raise the topic.