When I was discharged from the hospital, the nurse provided me a few packages of gauze sponge (10 pieces each), a few package of long swabs wrapped in paper (2 pieces each) and a small roll of sticky tape (micorpores). Medecine is not granted partially because I already had the prescriptions. If any pharmacy were open on Christmas Day afternoon, there would be no such a problem.
As I mentioned in previous post, law suits are not worthy just because pain at whatever intensity has no residual effect. However, anyone that has experience on appendicitis should know the feeling of high intensity pain.