Sunday, August 10, 2008

Shelley's Kidney Stones...




Shelley had her kidney stone surgery on Thursday.  Overall the procedure went very well.  But before surgery she was given two antibiotics by IV and she had a reaction to the first.  She got what is called 'red man syndrome' and had extreme itching on her scalp and upper stomach.  The first nurse that was taking care for her dismissed the symptoms as nerves (she wasn't a very good nurse to say the least), but later in the day another nurse said that definitely was a reaction to the medicine.  The doctor was able to break all the stones into tiny dust like particles that will easily pass.  They placed a stent into the tube that connects her kidney to her bladder and the doctor had warned that it is painful, having the stent in your body.  They will remove the stent next Thursday and Shelley will be very happy to have it out.  It is definitely bothering her... mostly in her back.  They gave her some medication for the pain, but she is trying to take it very sparingly because although the doctor said it was o.k. while nursing she knows that whatever goes into her body is coming out at least a little so she likes to stay on the safe side.  
They will be running some tests over the next couple months to try to determine why her body made these and hopefully this will be the first and last time that she will have to deal with these...  

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