Princess Kate is hospitalized for 2 weeks abdominal surgery

[neverfstop]

Sounds rough, whatever may keep you hospitalized for up to 2 weeks. It was planned..

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kate-princess-wales-hospital-abdominal-surgery-rcna134271


The source said the princess could be advised to recuperate for as long as three months and her return to full royal duties will depend on future medical advice.

[fortnightlily]

I wonder if the extended stay would be afforded to anyone under the NHS undergoing the same procedure...

[frlcb]

Jan 17, 2024 14:35:07 GMT -5 fortnightlily said:

I wonder if the extended stay would be afforded to anyone under the NHS undergoing the same procedure...

Without knowing what the procedure is it is hard to answer that. But they definitely don't keep people in hospital longer than they need to on the NHS, from personal experience.

[Susie]

Jan 17, 2024 14:35:07 GMT -5 fortnightlily said:

I wonder if the extended stay would be afforded to anyone under the NHS undergoing the same procedure...

IDK, if I had access to all the resources she does, I'd set up everything I need at home, with visiting nurses/etc. as soon as I could safely be outside of a hospital setting.  I would imagine if she's inpatient for 10-14 days, there's a reason, but who knows.

[Saudade]

Even our open hearts didn’t spend 2 weeks in the hospital….

I’m curious what she had done that requires a 2 week stay….

Or…if complications arose…dun dun dun

[eddy]

Two weeks hospitalization when she has the resources to receive at home care tells me this was a pretty big deal. That is very scary for her and I hope she has a smooth recovery. 

[Susie]

My mind first jumped to cancer; I remember my mom having a similar ~1.5 week hospital stay followed by 12 weeks on disability when she had a hysterectomy (open) and ileostomy following her ovarian cancer diagnosis.  

The NBC article mentions it is not cancer, but I can still picture how big the incision was, to require that kind of recovery time.  Whatever it is, I'm sure it must be pretty scary.  

[mcsangel2]

Jan 17, 2024 14:53:22 GMT -5 eddy said:

Two weeks hospitalization when she has the resources to receive at home care tells me this was a pretty big deal. That is very scary for her and I hope she has a smooth recovery. 

Yep, I'm seeing this response all over social media from people that work in health care. They all said, patients recover better at home the vast vast majority of the time, we don't like to keep people unless we REALLY need to. Whatever this is, is major. 

Also, sounds like it was a "planned" surgery in that, they were able to schedule it last minute a couple of days ago, not that they've known for weeks that this was going to happen. Apparently W&K had an emergency meeting with KC3 a couple of days ago, it wasn't known what for at the time, but now seems likely it was to let him know about this.

[fortnightlily]

Found this quote in the article, "A Kensington Palace source confirmed that the condition is noncancerous.", so that's good, at least, hopefully.

[klee23]

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My first thought is part of the statement is intentionally misleading and LOS is expected to be ~7 days so she can sneak put under a shield of privacy prior to tabloids camping out in hoardes to get a prize shot. Similar to meghan being discharged prior to announcing Archie's birth or the conspiracy theory that the queen had actually passed away before the press release that she was ill

[karinothing]

Apparently the clinic she is in is world renowned for issues related to digestive disorders so maybe something related to that? I think they are probably just keeping her there longer to be extra cautious.

[TR]

Jan 17, 2024 14:44:40 GMT -5 Susie said:

Jan 17, 2024 14:35:07 GMT -5 fortnightlily said:

I wonder if the extended stay would be afforded to anyone under the NHS undergoing the same procedure...

IDK, if I had access to all the resources she does, I'd set up everything I need at home, with visiting nurses/etc. as soon as I could safely be outside of a hospital setting.  I would imagine if she's inpatient for 10-14 days, there's a reason, but who knows.

This. I feel like usually royals want to recover at home so whatever it is, it must be important that she’s in the hospital for recovery.

[scm1011]

I love how as soon as the Princess Kate news dropped King Charles was like "I HAVE A BENIGN ENGLARGED PROSTATE! ME ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

[spindle92]

Jan 17, 2024 16:05:04 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I love how as soon as the Princess Kate news dropped King Charles was like "I HAVE A BENIGN ENGLARGED PROSTATE! ME ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

I thought this too.
Now I bet Camilla is pacing around trying to top him.

[cattledogkisses]

Jan 17, 2024 15:59:05 GMT -5 TR said:

Jan 17, 2024 14:44:40 GMT -5 Susie said:

IDK, if I had access to all the resources she does, I'd set up everything I need at home, with visiting nurses/etc. as soon as I could safely be outside of a hospital setting.  I would imagine if she's inpatient for 10-14 days, there's a reason, but who knows.

This. I feel like usually royals want to recover at home so whatever it is, it must be important that she’s in the hospital for recovery.

Same.  If I had her resources I would absolutely prefer to recover at home if I could.  Anyone who's had to spend time in a hospital knows that they're not restful places. 

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This is the same woman who went home literally within a few hours of giving birth to each of her children.  She definitely seems like someone who would be recovering at home if it were possible.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jan 17, 2024 15:53:26 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Apparently the clinic she is in is world renowned for issues related to digestive disorders so maybe something related to that? I think they are probably just keeping her there longer to be extra cautious.

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I haven’t read any article but just wondering out loud if it could be morning sickness? She was so sick with all the other pregnancies. I hope it’s something like that and not life threatening.

[katfco]

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When my daughter had a bowel obstruction, they thought they were going to have to operate, and we were told if there were complications it could necessitate a 2-week stay. It's possibly something like that

[mcsangel2]

Jan 17, 2024 16:46:56 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Jan 17, 2024 15:53:26 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Apparently the clinic she is in is world renowned for issues related to digestive disorders so maybe something related to that? I think they are probably just keeping her there longer to be extra cautious.

I haven’t read any article but just wondering out loud if it could be morning sickness? She was so sick with all the other pregnancies. I hope it’s something like that and not life threatening.

With her previous pregnancies, they put out statements when she couldn't do appearances and also for the one time she was hospitalized for HG, so why would now be different? Also, they specifically said she would remain hospitalized for 10-14 days (a very specific period), and would need about a further 3 months to recover. If she had morning sickness, I rather doubt they would be saying she had abdominal surgery with a specific period of time to recover after.

[SusanBAnthony]

Jan 17, 2024 17:43:46 GMT -5 katfco said:

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When my daughter had a bowel obstruction, they thought they were going to have to operate, and we were told if there were complications it could necessitate a 2-week stay. It's possibly something like that

This is the internet's best guess from what I have read.

[msmerymac]

Jan 17, 2024 16:05:04 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I love how as soon as the Princess Kate news dropped King Charles was like "I HAVE A BENIGN ENGLARGED PROSTATE! ME ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

Lol, in fairness he was supposed to be in northern England the next day meeting with foreign dignitaries and high ranking officials so they needed to cancel ASAP, but his statement about wanting to be very open about it to encourage other men to get checked was funny in contrast with Kate.

Re: Kate, complete hysterectomy was my best guess, but I dunno.

[SwimDeep]

I thought complete hysterectomy at first too, but with the two week hospital stay for recovery I think something gastrointestinal makes more sense. She's very thin (said with concern, no judgment).

[magma]

I say this with concern, especially as I have a daughter with a history of ED. But have seen speculation that the “surgery” story is a cover for eating disorder treatment, as the timeline fits and as many have pointed out, would make sense for her to be discharged sooner for surgery, given her resources to recover at home.

[msmerymac]

I did also see that the average hospital stay in the UK is about twice that in the US, which makes a lot of sense given our for-profit medical system, so I guess this could really be compared with a 5-7 day hospital stay here?

[bugandbibs]

Jan 17, 2024 16:05:04 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I love how as soon as the Princess Kate news dropped King Charles was like "I HAVE A BENIGN ENGLARGED PROSTATE! ME ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

I think it was the opposite. He snuck it in there because he knew he had to reveal it before it was leaked and he was hoping it wouldn’t get picked up because everyone is focused on Kate.

[frlcb]

Jan 20, 2024 15:58:42 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I did also see that the average hospital stay in the UK is about twice that in the US, which makes a lot of sense given our for-profit medical system, so I guess this could really be compared with a 5-7 day hospital stay here?

That was definitely not my experience on the NHS, nor that of our family. Also she did this private. I wonder if they are saying this timeline but really she will get out earlier and will evade press that way. 

[wanderingback]

Jan 20, 2024 15:58:42 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I did also see that the average hospital stay in the UK is about twice that in the US, which makes a lot of sense given our for-profit medical system, so I guess this could really be compared with a 5-7 day hospital stay here?

Wow, that stat is interesting cause based on personal I’ve seen the exact opposite, shorter stays for surgery specifically (specifically for London, don’t know about rest of country, so maybe there are differences in more rural areas).



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Sometimes discharge 6-12 hours after vaginal birth also, which is not typical in the US

[mrsukyankee]

Jan 20, 2024 15:58:42 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I did also see that the average hospital stay in the UK is about twice that in the US, which makes a lot of sense given our for-profit medical system, so I guess this could really be compared with a 5-7 day hospital stay here?

That may be because older people are currently taking up beds because there is nowhere else for them to go to (not enough people to take care of them in care homes or at home). I'd say that typically, they want you out as soon as they can get you out.

She's gone private, so it will be very different to the average person's experience. If you pay, you can stay.

[neverfstop]

She is home.
Was at the same hospital and Charles and released on same day.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/29/kate-princess-wales-surgery-hospital/

[wawa]

Jan 29, 2024 11:45:18 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

She is home.
Was at the same hospital and Charles and released on same day.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/29/kate-princess-wales-surgery-hospital/

I want there to be conspiracy theories about this.  I'm not sure what they'd be because I'm not a crazy person, but I feel like crazy people would come up with something here.  

Like...they had to transplant the lizard people crown gems into Kate from Charles.

[basilosaurus]

Jan 29, 2024 12:07:06 GMT -5 wawa said:

Jan 29, 2024 11:45:18 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

She is home.
Was at the same hospital and Charles and released on same day.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/29/kate-princess-wales-surgery-hospital/

I want there to be conspiracy theories about this.  I'm not sure what they'd be because I'm not a crazy person, but I feel like crazy people would come up with something here.  

Like...they had to transplant the lizard people crown gems into Kate from Charles.

this is the only thing that might get me to care one iota