Jake Tapper's Daughter Nearly Died After 'Entirely Preventable' Medical Problem Was Misdiagnosed At Hospital

20.12.2022 - 00:37 / perezhilton.com

Jake Tapper‘s daughter Alice is reliving a horrible situation.

The 15-year-old high school sophomore was misdiagnosed last year around Thanksgiving after experiencing severe abdominal pain for days. She ended up having appendicitis. But as she tells it now, doctors didn’t believe her pain to be as serious as it was, and they downplayed her symptoms. Horrifically, the health issue nearly killed her — until her famous CNN host father pulled rank and demanded the hospital take action!!

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Alice wrote an op-ed for CNN late last week. In it, she revealed how she “almost died” due to appendicitis while doctors incorrectly diagnosed her pain as a viral infection. The pain began one weekend in November of last year. The teen started feeling stomach cramping and chills. She had a fever and was vomiting. For hours, it got worse. When she got to the emergency room, she had low blood pressure, “intense” stomach pain, and a high white blood cell count.

Eventually, doctors transferred Alice to a second hospital. Her pediatrician wanted her checked for appendicitis, but doctors there didn’t appear to be on the ball about it. In her op-ed, Alice recalled:

And she continued:

OMG!!!

By that point, Alice understandably began to feel “helpless” and “alarmed” over the lack of action taken by medical professionals in the hospital. She wrote:

Ugh… That’s unacceptable!

After a day in the hospital, her famous father went home for a few hours. But just after arriving, Alice’s mom called and said the teen was still in horrible pain in her hospital bed, and getting worse.

So, Jake got pissed — and took action. His daughter recalled what happened next:

F**king FINALLY!! An