I’m not dead. I was just in the hospital for four days with a laptop that refused to connect to the local Wifi.
>Have gallbladder issues Saturday night
>They haven’t gone away by Sunday
>Decide to go to emergency
>In a ton of pain, mom notices that my eyes are yellow
>They do an x-ray, give me pain meds and tell me to come back tomorrow for an ultrasound
>I come back. It’s a gallstone
>They admit me to the hospital
>Stone is causing inflammation, so they give me antibiotics
>Gallstone is blocking the common bile duct, I’m turning yellow
>They have to send me to another city of day surgery to get the stone out
>Lay in bed all day Tuesday
>They fly me in an air ambulance Wednesday morning
>Surgery to remove the stone goes smoothly
>Basically fly me right back that afternoon
>Wait around Thursday
>Thursday evening I finally get my gallbladder out
>Don’t sleep well
>Get home Friday. Will have to miss two more weeks of work