Well my girlfriends mum was taken to hospital earlier because she had extreme stomach pains. It turns out she has a perforated bowel. The bowel perforated due to the tablets she was taking for irritable bowel syndrome which where incorrectly prescribed! We where told at 2:30pm she was going in for an operation to have a look fix what was wrong, as my girlfriends dad has Alzheimer and is in a quite late on stage she stayed at home to look after him and ensure he didn't wonder. We just found out that her mum was in the operating theater for 6hours 30 minutes!! and that apparently there where complications. Her sister is rushing to hospital to see what the complications where. Anyone here experienced anything like this? We're a little shocked as her sister told us earlier that she was out over 4 hours ago to not worry my girlfriend!!