Vicky Spleen May 2026

Have you or someone you know had a surprise organ removal? Tell me in the comments. Vicky is ready to compare scar stories.

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. vicky spleen

She looked at me from the gurney and said, “Am I going to miss my flight to Portugal?” Have you or someone you know had a surprise organ removal

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

“Wait,” I asked her from the hospital waiting room. “You have a spleen? What does it even do ?”

“Vicky,” the doctor said gently, “you’re going to miss your spleen .” They took it out. Poof . One laparoscopic surgery later, Vicky was officially asplenic (fancy word for “no spleen”).

Medical magic.