Nephew in hospital
@sprite1950 (30452)
Corsham, England
November 9, 2021 4:27am CST
A worrying few days for my sister. Her son was in pain for a few days and eventually diagnosed with appendicitis. He was kept in hospital and told that he would be the first one operated on the next day (yesterday). As always in our hospitals surgery was not carried out until 8pm last night.
Strangely enough there was nothing wrong with his appendix but he had an infection in that area so they whipped them out anyway! Today he is sitting up and eating so hopefully they will let him go home soon. They don't keep them in long because they need the beds.
I can see he is going to have my sister running round after him. He'll probably get a little bell that he can keep ringing when he wants something! Get well soon Luke.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
10 Nov 21
@LadyDuck I haven't spoken to my sister today. She gets up later than I do but I will text her in a minute.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
He's still in there at the moment and waiting for a scan. I hope there won't be a problem.
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@LadyDuck (472097)
• Switzerland
10 Nov 21
@sprite1950 They want to be sure that he is well before letting him go back home.
I hope all is well with him.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
18 Nov 21
@sprite1950 I thought Luke was a kid.
I hate staying in hospitals. It's a nightmare. I'm afraid of needles and blood
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
18 Nov 21
@Nawsheen Haha I think I made him sound like that in my discussion. He lives with my sister as she got cancer and needed looking after. She is better now but he stays just in case.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
17 Nov 21
Yes he's a lot better now and she didn't mind running around after him for a while. He's not young, hes 40!!
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
9 Nov 21
Having an appendix out is unusual any more. At least here. Unless it absolutely has to come out, doctors want it left in there.
I hope he gets better quickly.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
They are not even sure it was his appendix but thought the infection might spread'
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
9 Nov 21
@sprite1950 If it was his appendix, it's normally easy to tell if there's a problem. They puff up and turn bright red. They showed me mine when they removed it a hundred years ago. That sucker looked like a deflated cherry tomato...
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil He had keyhole surgery but I'm not quite sure how that works. They said his appendix was not infected but they decided to remove it as the infection was in that area. He has to have another scan now.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
Thank you. He's still in hospital and waiting for a scan.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
Thank you. He's not a child, he's 40 but he doesn't want to take too much time off work.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
10 Nov 21
@rakski His mother treats him like one! 
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
Thank you. I do remember you from ForumCoin. Nice to see you here.
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
9 Nov 21
@sprite1950 I registered but not active there.
How is your life going on?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
@Icydoll It's okay thanks. I recently got Covid but only mildly. I caught it from my granddaughter who brought it home from school.
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@snowy22315 (182191)
• United States
9 Nov 21
So glad he is getting better..yay!
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
We were hoping he could come home but it looks like he might have to spend another night in.
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@xFiacre (13144)
• Ireland
9 Nov 21
@sprite1950 Some folk suffer so beautifully! Hope it doesn’t last too long.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
9 Nov 21
Haha, yes and he is one of them! He's not home yet though.
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