[aklemm]

As an adolescent around 1990, I burst my spleen in the final minutes of a school ski trip. Nearly bled to death as the school staff transported me home and left me in my living room to be found later by my parents nearly unconscious.

Anyway, I got to the emergency room that evening and there was much debate whether to remove my spleen. They decided not to and instead kept me hospitalized for 10 days and then out of school for 3 more weeks after that waiting for it to heal on its own.

[GenerocUsername]

Hi! Nice to meet you! Similar story! I was on a university research trip in the Philippians when my spleen spontaneously ruptured. It took 4 days to get home and by the time I got back to States for diagnosis half my blood was in my belly area... I rejected surgery since it had been days since initial event and healed on my own...