Defying the Odds: Normally, when a 102 year old person presents with a surgical condition, the surgeons throw up their hands and say, "Sorry. Nothing to be done. You won't survive the surgery," and the patient is given pain medication to control their pain until the quietly slip away. But not this patient:

A previously healthy 102-year-old woman was admitted with abdominal pain and a 3-day history of vomiting. She lived with relatives, but cared for herself, and was able to garden.... Abdominal radiography revealed dilation of the small bowel... Computed tomography showed an obturator hernia... The hernia was surgically reduced, and an infarcted segment of the small bowel was resected. Postoperatively, despite complications of urinary sepsis and delirium, she recovered well. Twelve months later, she was still living at home, caring for herself, and able to sweep the floor at the age of 103 years.

Good on her.