They were almost there. The view of the house was coming up through the streets only lit by the moonlight.

The screams had turned to quiet grunts of pain with every step that the woman took.

You see, along with her was the weight of a six-year-old girl covered in a blanket,

which by now had already started to drag on the dirt under them and was covering only her arm.

Dogs were barking at the distance and it signaled to both of them of danger.

The pain had started so suddenly for Sally that she was more confused than anything when she had collapsed in front of her mother.

In the confusion, her mother picked her up and started running toward the doctor's house.

On arriving, the doctor asked what had happened.

Upon hearing about the symptoms, she started getting his instruments ready for an

emergency procedure. You see, the girl had appendicitis, and there was no time to wait.

If it burst, you could kill little Sally. Frantically, the woman set her down on the table and closed her eyes,

begging for some help from anything out there listening,

to please save her six-year-old daughter.

Dr. Charles Finney started with the anesthesia first.

He needed a few more minutes for it to really work.

The pressure was far too much for the doctor.

He needed to begin the procedure now.

Without waiting for it to finish, he took out a scalpel and began to cut.

Sally was in a tremendous amount of pain.

Her screams filled the entire neighborhood and nothing could make her stop.

Well, until something finally did.

Eventually, her screams faded.

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