Alice, Jake Tapper’s child, “nearly died” after being misdiagnosed

• Alice was rushed into emergency surgery.
• When an ultrasound revealed she had a perforated appendix.
• The 15-year-old went into hypovolemic shock.

Alice Tapper, Jake Tapper’s 15-year-old daughter, stated she “nearly died” from appendicitis last year after physicians made a mistake in their diagnosis.

In a recent op-ed, Alice explained that she was admitted to the hospital after experiencing “severe abdominal pain” and a fever, which led her parents to inquire about the possibility of appendicitis.

However, doctors ruled out this possibility because she was “tender all over” and not just on one side, and instead determined she had a viral infection.

“I got sicker and my skin started turning a pale green. As Monday turned into Tuesday, I was only given Tylenol for my pain,” Alice wrote.

“My mom asked the doctors why I couldn’t get a sonogram to see what was happening inside my abdomen; they said it wasn’t needed. My dad asked why I couldn’t get antibiotics; the doctors said for a viral infection they could do more harm than good.

“My parents kept pushing for a gastroenterologist who might have more insight about my condition to evaluate me, but one never came.”

Alice claimed that the “lack of recognition I received from the hospital” caused her to feel “helpless” and “alarmed.”

“I was not being heard; when I described to the doctors how much pain I was in, they responded with condescending looks,” she wrote.

Eventually, the well-known broadcaster took a stand and called the hospital’s administration, demanding that any imaging be performed for his daughter.

She was rushed into emergency surgery when an ultrasound revealed she had a perforated appendix that was seeping deadly fluid into her internal organs.

“I had sepsis and we would later learn I was going into hypovolemic shock — which can cause organs to stop working. That night was the scariest night of my life,” she wrote, She remained in the hospital for an extra week “bedridden with unpleasant drains” in her body after leaving the ICU, it was added.

“I could barely walk. I didn’t recognize the helpless, hunchbacked, green, exhausted girl I saw in the hospital mirror,” she continued.

After having an appendectomy at a different hospital a few months later, Alice’s health has subsequently “returned to normal.” In order to raise awareness of the high rates of appendicitis misdiagnosis and to assist people who “don’t have parents who can get the phone number of the hospital administrator,” the adolescent came out with her experience.

I still can’t believe this happened to me, and I don’t want it to happen to anyone else, she said in her closing statement.

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