Spleen - Vicky

Medical magic.

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. vicky spleen

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. Medical magic

“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”). ” the doctor said gently