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I was supposed to be moving my mother from Charleston, SC to Atlanta from Friday through Monday. She called Thursday night and said she wasn't moving.

So (having Friday off) I was at home on Friday morning when one of my boys (teenager) asked me to drive him to the Emergency Room because his stomach hurt like heck. He was obviously in serious pain, so I took him to the Hospital, but I thought it was just food poisoning.

When we got to the Hospital, they ran test after test, and they finally determined that he had a bad gall bladder. Saturday, they removed his gall bladder. Sunday, we took him home (in time for the Super Bowl - Thanks to the Doctor).

The surgery was Laproscopic. The punched a few small holes in his midsection and sucked out the gall bladder with a vacuum cleaner.

Can you believe it: He was eating wings for the Super Bowl and hanging out with his friends on Sunday Night. The only surgery I've had was a zillion stiches and out of commission for two weeks.

I'm grateful that all is okay, but it was not a fun weekend.

- Bill