April 6, 2008

• Personal matters

  This has been an eventful couple of weeks for my family. My wife had a sudden, serious flare-up of infection caused by a very painful kidney stone blockage.
  The ER MDs pretty quickly discovered the problem (Ambulance to the ER happened on a late Sunday night, of course) and began treatment. In a couple of days, infection had subsided enough for placement of a stent (a two-foot long stent!) and relief. A week later the surgeon was able to remove both the stone (a big one - 6-7mm) and the stent in one fairly short procedure. He was concerned about the possibility of stent replacement and laser surgery, but that didn't have to happen. She was home, very relieved, without pain and resting within an hour after the surgery.
  She'll be 82 on Thursday.

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