That's pretty scary stuff. One of my best friends had his appendix go bad and it almost killed him. They told him he was 8 hours from death. He almost went to bed. Had he done it, he probably wouldn't be alive right now.
It sure is scary. Glad your buddy survived cause the fluids from it can and will Lilly. Yes, I had went to bed but woke up about 3am. I knew something was really wrong. Kim