Do You Miss Your Appendix?

In 1952, when my grandmother was pregnant with her soon to be son had her appendix become inflamed.

The doctors didn't catch it and the thing exploded. My uncle was born with full blown Down's syndrome. The doctors said the poison from the appendix did it.

One of my best friends had his appendix taken out in 1996ish. That thing became infected and almost killed him.

I'm sure we need the appendix otherwise it wouldn't be there. But they do become a problem sometimes and need to be removed.

I'm sure there are worthless doctors out there who remove perfectly good appendix just because they are greedy.