So here’s to the unsung heroes of the body. And here’s to Vicky—still vibrant, still fast, and now a little wiser about the small, spongy organ on her left side.
Have you or someone you know had a surprise organ removal? Tell me in the comments. Vicky is ready to compare scar stories.
But Vicky’s spleen decided it was time for its fifteen minutes of fame. vicky spleen
Vicky is fine now. She named her surgical scar “Spencer” (because she’s that person). And every time she gets a vaccine, she jokes, “Pour one out for my spleen.”
She looked at me from the gurney and said, “Am I going to miss my flight to Portugal?” So here’s to the unsung heroes of the body
Turns out, that was the right question. Let’s be honest: nobody thinks about their spleen. It’s the wallflower of the organ world. The liver gets all the detox glory. The heart gets the romance. The spleen? It hangs out quietly on the left side of your abdomen, filtering blood and looking for trouble.
Long story short: Vicky had a splenic laceration. Nothing dramatic like a car crash—just a weird, unlucky twist during a fall. Her spleen had been quietly bleeding into her abdomen for hours. Tell me in the comments
Medical magic.