Storytime: Penn's $10K Dump

Appendicitis? Nope. Kidney stones? Not a chance. For the love, please someone (anyone) tell us this has also happened to you. Leave us your accidental ER trip stories in the comments. #ERstories #expensivepoop #theholdernessfamily

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[juliemeadows]

About 15 years ago, I felt a large lump on the left side of my abdomen. After a few days it went away, but then it came back. I made an appointment to see my dr, but he was booked so I saw his colleague. He couldn't feel anything. He said it could be a cyst on my left ovary. After a few weeks, I still kept feeling it and I made an appointment with my regular doctor. He examined me and told me that because I was thin, I was able to feel my stool through my colon and abdomen. He said that's why the "lump" comes and goes. I was so embarrassed. I wanted to disappear. At least it was just a Dr. visit fee, not the ER!

[lydiapetersen]

My husband was convinced he was having a heart attack. We went to the ER and they rush him back to an exam room so they can save his life. He gets hooked up to all kinds of machines and there are people rushing in and out of the room. After a couple of hours of this things have calmed down and I'm waiting to talk to the doctor about next steps. The doctor comes in and says "good news you were not having a heart attack. Bad news you just spent $12, 000 to pass gas." So Kim I think our husbands may be kindred spirits.

[amydebois]

"See this area right here? That a HUGE DUMP you need to take!" Omg!!! 😂😂😂 i love you impressions of each other and other people!! Keep the funny stories comin holderni!!!♥️♥️♥️

[carleeturner]

After this video I got a ad for stool softener LOL it’s ok Penn we’ve all been there 😂

[mommytojesse]

My husband demanded we take our 2 year old daughter to the ER (side note: he is a paramedic) because he thought she stuck something in her nose. I was so embarrassed I didn’t go because I felt there was nothing there. He came home with discharge papers stating she had a booger in her nose. 🤣

[zinasecc]

My dog was crying for hours and nothing we did made him feel better. We went to the vet and they ran all these tests on him and after $500 in tests we found out he had gas. He had a $500 fart!

[melaniev]

I had a child with chronic constipation...we went to the ER several times with her doubled over screaming. We used to say we would put it on her tombstone "not poop this time".

[victoriacaddy]

I have a reverse. A few years ago we were in church singing and my dad couldn't catch his breath but he thought nothing of it. On the way home we passed a hospital but he refused to go. When we got home we ate then he started watching the usual Sunday NASCAR race in his room but he said his chest hurt. Mom went and checked on him but he started getting mad because he said he was fine. She then started sending me and my sisters in. The last time my sister said that he was laying on the floor watching the race but he said he felt fine. This was towards the end of the race (4 or 5 pm). Mom convinced him to go to the hospital which he never does. They ran all the heart protocol because of chest pain. They were thinking maybe it was a bad case of heart burn but they still had to do the chest x-ray. After the x-ray they came out and asked him if he knew he only had one lung. He said as far as he knew he had two. That is when they figured out his right lung was 100% collapsed. They told him he had about 10 more minutes left before it would've killed him and that they have never seen anyone deal with the amount of pain it caused. It moved his heart 2 inches and it was starting to collapse. So it became a joke that it was a good thing the race didn't go into overtime. He smoked for several years 4 packs a day which has caused all his breathing trouble today. Which has taught me one valuable lesson on why not to smoke. He hadn't smoked in over 15 years when his lung collapsed so just goes to show the choices you make when you are young truly affect you when you get older.

[garlandajoyce]

🤣🤣 oh my! Penn you are awesome but very dramatic! This was hilarious. I love when you tell stories as each other.

[beckaboo]

My kiddo had the same problem from constipation. Him being a 6yo, we weren't going to take a chance. It was a relief to know it was only constipation. I'm a dietitian and work with IBS/IBD population. It's true that constipation can be debilitating. Chronic constipation can affect a person's ability to work, go to school and generally enjoy life.

[cassandraelefson]

I'm not even exaggerating this is legit the same thing that happened to my husband and 7 years later I still tell him we have a diagnosis of him being full of crap 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm literally laughing so hard at this!! Sending to my husband right now!

[Kirintourist]

My husband and I were in pretty much the opposite situation a few years ago. He had horrible abdominal pain but was convinced it was constipation. I pressured him to go to the ER because he was doubling over in agony and that's rare for him. We found out that his appendix was necrotic and they prepped him for surgery right away.

[jessirenae]

We had a similar issue with my son (5 years old at the time) He was complaining of belly pain, he was throwing up, he had diarrhea, but no fever. Made a Drs appointment, they sent us to the ER, lots of bloodwork, x-rays, and other scans. He was full of poop. A few weeks of aloe vera juice and he was back to normal. Found out later he was holding his poops, cause hes a small kid, and he was worried he would fall into the potty at school.

[kalinagilson]

This was a few months ago - I was pregnant with my daughter and I woke up in the middle of the night with pain in my abdomen, causing me to double over. I tried pooping, but nothing happened. Later that morning, we went to the ER. We knew it wasn't appendicitis because I had gotten my appendix out at Christmas for that 😅 anyway, it ended up being constipation. Ironically, just last week I had to again go to the ER for abdomen pains, but this time had to get my gallbladder removed! Just goes to show that sometimes it is medically necessary, sometimes its just a false alarm. You never know! 😄

[dawnh]

😂😂😂 I thought my friend’s $1200 vet bill for a constipated cat was bad until I heard this! Glad you’re feeling better.

[angels]

LMAO! However, I completely understand. So when I was around 15 I was experiencing major discomfort in my mid and lower abdomen. We lived 45 min from the pediatrician. I had been doubled over crying most the morning so we drove to the Dr.s. My mom and I explain just how bad this is. They didn't say it but I'm pretty sure they thought I was having some type of pregnancy problem. They sent my mom out of the room and tried to get me to say there was a possibility I could be PG. I wouldn't do it so they sent me across the street for an ultrasound.
I get there and the pain is intensifying by the minute, and we waited for what seemed like an eternity. Finally in walks the guy to do the ultrasound and I about died when I realized it was the hottest boy in schools dad, who was also quite handsome himself. Then immediately has me pull my pants to just below my pelvic bone. Now I'm not only in horrible pain but also now I'm completely mortified.
He does the ultrasound and we're like what is it? He says he isn't allowed to tell us anything he just passes it off to the pediatrician who will do the diagnosis. So we wait another hour and a half back at the pediatrician office for results. When the Dr. Came in he was chuckling. "Your going to be just fine. You have a massive air bubble stuck. "
My mom not picking up what he was laying down asked what that meant and how we fix that.
"He said well basically she just needs to fart. Maybe get her some alkiseltzer. "

We got in the car and aren't even 5 minutes away, and I ripped the longest, loudest smelliest fart ever. You would have thought the devil lived inside me. It was instant relief though, and regardless of the smell I had never felt so thankful in my life. My mom had to stop the car and get out.
To this day my mom still thinks farts are for the bathroom only. But I know better. You just got to let it go.

$100 Dr Visit
$400 ultra sound
Chernobyl style fart PRICELESS!

[paulam]

And at the end of this video I got an ad for a laxative 😂🤣😂

[AmiAngelofLight]

Wow! I can never get over how much medical care is over there! I'm from Australia and i see my GP every week because I have a few issues, it costs me nothing. I've had several hospital admissions over the years, the only bit that costs money is the ambulance ride, but because I'm on the Disability Pension i don't have to pay that. But even if i wasn't on the DSP the actual hospital visit itself costs nothing.

[RespectfullyReal]

I was a nurse in the ER for many years and I can't tell you how often we see this. The "medical term" we have coined for this type of condition is "FOS" an acronym for Full Of Sh*t.

But jokes aside it can become a very critical situation if left for a long period of time. Constipation can result in a bowel obstruction that cuts off blood flow to your intestines and needs to be rectified with emergency surgery. So don't let potential embarrassment get the better of you and make sure that you talk to your doctor if you have chronic constipation. This has been your PSA (public service announcement) for the day brought to you by a former RN who too has been diagnosed with FOS in the past.

[GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

I'm crying laughing right now. This is the funniest story ever! 😂😂😂