OMG MIL collapsed and taken away in ambulance, hernia????

[oliveoil]

dh just phoned she was in agony and they have taken her to hospital as emergency her stomach is v sore and she couldn't move, shaking etc.

He has dd2 and will collect dd2 at 3pm, I can't leave here, too busy.

She is terrified of hospitals too

dd1 at 3pm

Oh no, how awful for her. Could it be her appendix? Whatever it is I hope she feels better soon.

not sure

dh not answering phone

hope she is ok, she is lovely

on a selfish note, , she has my girls when I work so I am well up shit creek if she is ill, I will have to stay off, and for how long etc etc

God Olive - I hope she is okay. Same happened to me a few weeks ago. Found her in the garden. It is scary stuff. Sending love and best wishes.

what happened to your mil?

different symptoms OO - minor heart attack but she is fine now.

Oh good xx

dh has phoned and she is on morphine and waiting on a ward - has been for hours.

Anyone know what will happen if it is a hernia?

Probably surgery,but depends on what they find on examination and how her pain is,they may just observe for a day or two.

Try not to panic until you have some definate news of a diagnosis.

you only usually get pain with a hernia if it's strangulated (twisted so causing obstruction in the abdomen) and if it is they'll have to operate as it can be v dangerous. is she overweight? does she smoke?

overweight but doesn't smoke

dh reckons she went to the docs last year about it and they said she needed to lose weight pronto. But she didn't....

dd2 was there when the ambulance turned up and wanted to get in, bless

Abdo pain can be due to lots of things,you're really are better waiting to hear something definate.
Put the kettle on woman!

off home now

may not be back for a while, may be SAHM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xx

Hope she's ok,Olive.

I hope she's ok olive. being overweight & smoker are both risk factors for hernia, that's why i asked.

UPDATE:

She had emergency op on Thursday night - she had a "strangulated hernia" wtf that is I have no idea.

Was only in overnight but is in pain and cannot move from downstairs apart from to go to bed. Looks very grey and ill and this has hit her for 6 but she has lots of lovely family to rally round.

SHE CANNOT DO ANYTHING FOR AT LEAST 4 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I have had to cut down my work days and dh is looking after the girls for 2 days a week.

And then we have the summer hols to cover.

Does anyone know how to clone oneself????

bloody hell olive, re: childcare. I'm glad she's ok though.

here's a transcript of a programme we made on hernias, but only a teeny bit is on strangulation. it's basically when it becomes twisted & is life-threatening if not treated promptly. her scar may be bigger than a "normal" hernia op so she may take a while to recover. x

on the strangulation risk, bloody hell. And she didn't want dh to call the ambulance 'and cause a fuss'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V interesting that bundle, thank you.

xx