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> the pyloric sphincteric Fun fact: I had pyloric stenosis as an infant. IIRC, this condition tends to hit first born males of which I am one. Dearest mother
by drdeadringer 5y ago
> the pyloric sphincteric
Fun fact: I had pyloric stenosis as an infant. IIRC, this condition tends to hit first born males of which I am one.
Dearest mother kept bringing me into the hospital. "He keeps throwing up no matter what." She kept being told the "oh you're just a new mother" song until finally one doctor switched on a lightbulb to check something out.
Next thing is that I'm this infant on an adult stretcher being prep'd for surgery.
My oldest scar.
I swear if I was born 100 years earlier I'd be dead by starvation at no fault of anything but medical innovation.
- felipellrocha 5y agoDude. I almost wrote thr same comment yesterday. I love science today because of this. Also my oldest scar.
- djhn 5y agoWouldn't dehydration hit before starvation? In any case, congratulations on your continued survival!
- sopooneo 5y agoWhen you say “switched on a lightbulb” is that figurative? Or did bright light somehow make your condition apparent? Sorry if I’m being daft here.
- drdeadringer 5y agoFigurative. As in "fine, let's just check this out because you keep coming back and why not?" which turned into "well heck, it is this condition -- page Dr Smith, we need paediatrics in surgery".