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Mice possess a cecum -- a pouch in their digestive system that slows the flow of intestinal contents and helps digest carbohydrates, which may contribute to being able to better tolerate sorbitol.

But they did make one interesting discovery: Species who had an appendix tend to have higher concentrations of lymphoid tissue in their cecum, a pouch that connects the small and large intestine.

Its right side includes the cecum and the ascending colon, while the left side is made up of the descending colon, the sigmoid colon and the rectum.

Further ultrasounds had confirmed Javsicas’s diagnosis, the cecum was damaged and the affected area could be surgically removed.

A large cecum was no longer necessary, and it began to shrink; today our cecum is tiny.