Uhh, that's stretching the truth a little bit
"While Port Adelaide defender Matt Thomas's team-mates were on their end-of-season exhibition trip to London last year, he nearly died.
After an examination failed to diagnose a burst appendix, Thomas was within hours of dying from blood poisoning when he underwent a life-saving operation.
Twenty-year-old Thomas was seriously ill for two months, lost 16kg - "I was pale and looked like a Year 8 schoolkid again," he said - and now sports a 25cm scar from the middle of his chest to his lower abdomen.
His eight weeks of hell, which included two major operations, began with what was originally diagnosed as a gastro virus just days before he was due to fly out with the Power to London.
When Thomas couldn't get out of bed three days later, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and rushed to hospital to have his appendix out.
But doctors in Melbourne - where Thomas was holidaying with his parents - failed to pick up on the poison that was spreading rapidly through his system and released him from hospital.
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Thomas underwent a life-saving six-hour operation which removed 15cm of his bowel removed and 35 staples used to stitch up his stomach. He was back in hospital a few weeks later to fix a bowel blockage and was released from hospital for the last time on Christmas Eve."
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...h/news-story/9081122dcbbf4bca23deda00d6bf7f6c
