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I spent 1 1/2 weeks in the hospital because of a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. Could have died. Still have the huge scar to this day. I was so infected they put me in isolation and didn’t close the wound. Just packed it and waited for it to close on its own. She needs to get herself to a hospital.

Thanks for sharing your experience. That must have been a horrible time for you. My trip to the emergency room ended up with me getting a temporary colostomy. I was in the hospital for 7 days for that. They did the reversal three months later...5 days in hospital for that. I've had two other abdominal surgeries...one to repair an incisional hernia, and I spent 3 days in the hospital for that. And finally in 2015 I had to have my gall bladder out, and of course, because of the previous surgeries, they couldn't do it laparoscopically. I was able to go home the next day.

I was diagnosed with another hernia in the lower part of my abdomen a couple of years ago. The surgeon asked me what I wanted to do about it, and I told him I really didn't want to go through any more surgeries if it wasn't necessary. He told me that wouldn't be a problem, but just to make sure that if I ever started having symptoms of a blockage, to get to the emergency room. So far, so good. I'm 73.