EE WAS LIFTING CLUTCH DRIVER AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN ABDOMEN. HE REPORTED THIS TO US ON 3/19/01. WE MADE HIM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. DOCTOR SAID COULD BE A STRAIN OR LIGHT RUPTURE. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11/13/01. I WAS ON VACATION AND WHEN I RETURNED, EE HAD BEEN TO THE DOCTOR'S AND WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE SURGERY.