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The to-do list can wait after health scare

Emergency right hemicolectomy surgery resolved a cecum volvulus with a 40% mortality rate, leading to a quicker-than-average hospital discharge, doctors said.

  • In North Carolina on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, the patient underwent emergency right hemicolectomy after MRI showed cecum volvulus with a 40% mortality rate.
  • Earlier this month, the patient declined urgent care after feeling ill on Thursday, August 1, reporting sharp stomach pain and nausea, before worsening within an hour.
  • Despite a serious emergency surgery, the patient was discharged on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, feeling relief after IV painkiller and anti-nausea treatment and joining family activities.
  • Under the doctor’s orders and due to a blood pressure reading of 200/90, the patient remains in North Carolina until Sunday, Aug. 24.
  • In looking back on the health crisis, the patient said it underscored that personal plans are not guaranteed and credited divine guidance, saying `God's plan never fails`.
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The to-do list can wait after health scare

I am a planner and a list maker. Making an agenda and tallying, then crossing off each item on the list, makes me feel organized and in control. Painting farmstead buildings, sorting through books in the attic, and ridding the outbuildings and house of junk were just a few of the things I planned to accomplish this summer. Sandwiched in between those chores on my “to do” list was helping our daughter, Ellen, move to Cary, North Carolina, followe…

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Inforum broke the news in Fargo, United States on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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