Chapter 7
When the horn blew to signal the end of the timeout, Mary, along with the rest of her teammates hustled back onto the court. The other team in bounded the ball. Mary ran down the floor to get on defense. As soon as she did, the girl that she was guarding had the ball. She took the shot and missed. The Wildcats got the rebound and ran to the other end of the floor. Once at the other end, they decided to slow the play down, by passing the ball back out to Mary at the point. She got the ball and took a three and scored. The Wildcats were now ahead 28 to 17.
The opposing team called a timeout. Mary and her teammates hustled over to the bench. It was not until then, that the pain in Mary's lower abdomen returned once again. This time, however, the pain was even sharper then before. She took another long drink of water, thinking that it would help once again.
"Mary, you're out for awhile, Kelly go in for Mary at point guard," coach Cleary told them. Just then, the horn to signal the end of the timeout sounded.
"1,2,3…Teamwork," the team shouted and then hustled onto the court. Mary joined the rest of her teammates on the bench.
Mary kept drinking water to see if that would help the pain, but it didn't. She tried to ignore the pain, but just couldn't. It kept getting worse and worse. Finally, Mary couldn't take it anymore and she broke down into tears.
"Mary what's wrong?" Corey, who was sitting next to Mary, asked her.
"Nothing, I'm fine," Mary reassured her, trying to hide the tears that were sliding down her cheeks.
"Do you want me to get coach?" Corey asked Mary.
"No, I'll be fine," Mary told Corey once again. Still concerned, Corey decided that she'd go get coach Cleary.
"Coach, I think that there is something wrong with Mary. She is crying but won't say why," Corey explained to coach Cleary.
"Okay, I'll be over in a minute to check on her," coach Cleary told her.
A few minutes passed and finally, coach Cleary came over to check on Mary.
"Mary, what's wrong?" coach Cleary asked her.
"My stomach hurts really badly," Mary told him, thought tears.
"Okay, let me go get the trainer and she will come over and check on you," coach Cleary told Mary.
"Okay," Mary responded, weakly. Moments later, the trainer came over to Mary.
"What's wrong?" the trainer asked.
"My stomach hurts really badly," Mary replied through tears.
"Where?" the trainer asked Mary.
"Here," Mary replied, pointing to the right side of her lower abdomen.
"Let me know if this hurts," the trainer said as she pressed on the right side of Mary's lower abdomen.
"OWWW," Mary replied, as she shrieked in pain.
"I think that you may have appendicitis," the trainer told Mary.
"Mom, I think that there is something wrong with Mary," Matt told his mother. Mrs. Camden didn't answer so Matt tried again.
"Mom, I think that there is something wrong with Mary," Matt said once again, louder this time.
"What?" Mrs. Camden asked, still not paying full attention to her son.
"I think that there is something wrong with Mary. The trainer is with her," Matt told his mother. Hearing these words, Mrs. Camden returned her attention towards the bench where she saw the trainer along with Mary.
"I am going to check and see what's wrong," Mrs. Camden told the children.
"But, Mom I need to tell you something," Lucy told her mother.
"Not now Luce, I need to go check on Mary," Mrs. Camden told her daughter. With that, she headed towards the bench to check on Mary.
When Mrs. Camden reached the bench where the trainer was with Mary she saw that she was crying.
"Mary, what's wrong?" Mrs. Camden asked in a concerned voice.
"My stomach hurts really badly," Mary told her mother through tears.
"I think that she may have appendicitis. She needs to be taken to the hospital right away," the trainer told Mrs. Camden.
"Okay, I'll take her right now," Mrs. Camden said in a shaky voice.
"Mary, are you ready to go?" Mrs. Camden asked her oldest daughter. Mary shook her head "yes". With that, the trainer helped Mary off the bench and Mrs. Camden escorted Mary, who was holding her stomach and crying, up to where the children were waiting for their mother to return.
"Mary, what's wrong?" Matt asked his younger sister in a concerned voice.
"Not now Matt, we need to get your sister to the hospital right away," Mrs. Camden explained to her eldest son. With that, they all got in to the car and drove to the Glen Oak Community Hospital.