BYU offensive lineman endures kidney stones

Jeffrey D. Allred,

PROVO — BYU suffered a painful defeat last Saturday against West Virginia, but Cougar offensive lineman Parker Dawe felt a different kind of pain earlier that week.

A sharp, constant stomach ache forced him to the emergency room several days before the game.

“I thought my appendix had burst because it hurt so bad Tuesday. I couldn’t walk. It got worse and worse,” Dawe said. “When I got there they gave me pain medication. It was nasty.”

Dawe had kidney stones and doctors also diagnosed him with epiploic appendagitis, a non-surgical, inflammatory process of the epiploic appendices.

“It’s some crazy thing,” he said.

Despite being slowed down during the week, he played almost half…