He sounds very lucky and blessed just as I recently was. I was rushed into surgery on Labor Day with a burst appendix. They were going to do laparoscopic, but once in found a SOFTBALL sized ball of infection that was attached to both my perforated appendix and my colon. Took out appendix and a tiny piece of colon (but not enough to have to have a bag). Dr said if I had not went to ER when I did, I would not have made it. Was in hospital 8 days, but out now and doing well. Dr said I will make full recovery with no future issues from this. Like that fellow, I am lucky and blessed and apparently still have something to do for God in this life.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Congrats and blessings.
I had a similar experience with an infection on my elbow (possible spider bite).
During my eight days in the hospital, they took an xray of my lungs because I was coughing (allergies and normal).
Found a small mass that turned out to be lung cancer.