Arlene Meeks, 68, was holidaying in Indio, Calif., with her husband Wilf, 77, when she fell ill. At first she thought it was a flu bug, but after two visits to hospital for antibiotics and X-rays, she was told her appendix had ruptured.
That wasn’t all. The problem had been left for so long that her gallbladder became infected and gangrenous, and had to be removed, her daughter Kim Meeks said.
Since her surgery at Indio, near Palm Springs, on Dec. 17, she has been hooked up to ventilators, intravenous lines and a catheter.
— So, yes, complications.
Then she should stay where she is.
Good heavens - this is a little more than an appendectomy. Thank you for the details. She’s lucky to be alive. BTT.