Tim Starling has been ill for the last nine days and went into surgery today. He was originally misdiagnosed as having gastroenteritis but it turned out to be a bowel obstruction, probably caused by adhesion from an appendectomy nine years ago.
The surgery took about three and a half hours, but he's now well enough to be on a main ward, so it seems it went well (it's impossible to find a doctor to actually tell you about this in the middle of the night though, so I may have more news tomorrow - let me know if you want updates).
He's likely to be in the hospital ([[St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne]]) for another week and then taking up to six weeks before he's 100% again.
If you'd like to send "get well soon" messages, please edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling/Get_Well_Soon - I'll be getting it printed to take in to him in a few days.
Angela.