Perfect Storm: Pregnant Woman Gets Appendicitis During Blizzard

A pregnant woman in remote Greenland faced a scary medical emergency after doctors diagnosed her with appendicitis in the middle of a blizzard, hundreds of miles away from the nearest surgical center, according to a new case report. At first, doctors thought she had a stomach bug, because she had just eaten raw meat, according to the case report, published online May 18 in the journal BMJ Case Reports. But soon, the woman's pain moved to her lower right abdomen, suggesting she had appendicitis,