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Jacob Roloffwife, Isabel Roloffwants all the dirty details about her gallbladder after having surgery earlier this month.
Isabel revealed through social media on Monday, December 16, that she asked her doctor if it was possible to receive photos of the organ taken after it caused her so much pain.
“I asked my surgeon to take pictures of my bladder during surgery,” said the Little People, Big World alum said in an Instagram Story post, noting that her surgeon showed her the photos before she was released later that same day.
Isabel recalled her doctor telling her that the gallbladder was “going to burst” and was full of “hundreds of stones,” even going so far as to compare the enlarged organ to “the size of a golf ball! “
The reality star added that she would show the photos to her followers, but admitted that the post “might be too graphic.”
Isabel gave her fans a scare on Monday when she revealed that she go to the emergency room for “pain meds.” She updated her followers later that day explaining that she had been “living with chronic gallbladder pain for at least four years” after an unspecified diagnosis in 2020.
After visiting a nearby urgent care for abdominal pain, she was going to the ER is advised where doctors performed emergency surgery to remove the gall bladder. “I actually woke up crying from such sudden relief after the surgery,” Isabel said via Instagram, noting that she still has “some pain” from the incision site.
Isabel later confirmed she was “going home” on Monday, sharing a photo of herself in a wheelchair with a “Feel better soon” balloon.
Since arriving home, she has had help from her husband, 27, to recover. “This man has been a very good ‘nurse’ taking care of me,” Isabel shared through her Instagram Story on Tuesday, December 17, posting a photo with Jacob.
Jacob and Isabel tie the knot in September 2019 after five years of dating. They were welcoming their first childson Mateo, in 2021.
A few weeks before Isabel’s emergency surgery, she and Jacob celebrated Mateo’s third birthday with a party at the Roloff family farm in Oregon, where they live and work.
“What a great day celebrating our 3 year old 💛 Thank you everyone for coming!! the couple headed joint Instagram post on December 8. The truck-themed party included chocolate chip muffins and Christmas cookies for guests, which included family and friends.