I spoke to Mandy on Thursday afternoon. Being a Mom, I detected something different in her voice. I asked her what was wrong. She said she was not feeling very well. She said she had pain in her stomach. I told her if it didn't go away, to please go in to ER. I spoke to her later and she said the pain was descending in her abdomen. I was very happy to hear that her friend, Tim, was taking her to get checked out. Well, next I heard was about 5 in the morning, 3 her time. She had been admitted, and was being prepped for surgery. Appendicitis! They took her in at about 5:30, California time. She called me not long after I was up. She was out of surgery! She had it done Laproscopy and it went very well. She was amazed that the pain was gone! I wanted to be there with her so badly. Didn't seem feasible, as she is coming here in August, and she has such wonderful friends to care for her. I have been talking to her several times a day, and she sounded really good last night. Praise the Lord for good Christian friends to take care of her. You see, I figured, if I can't be with her, she needed at least 3 friends to make up for that! I mean, come on! A Mom's care is triple a friend's, right? But, she is good. And she has the whole week to rest.