Back in the 80s when I was a teen everytime I had knee surgery they kept me a week or more. My acl was 9 days in the hospital in about 87.

I had my appendix out in Johannesburg in 1994 and they tried to keep me in the ward room with about a dozen guys for a week. I pulled my IV after about 2 days and walked to a friend's house.

I've probably done 25 nights in a hospital between 5 knee surgeries, appendix, and back surgery.

Bb