Thread:PapillonBeauty/@comment-31285774-20180511004322/@comment-31789406-20180511133202

Reclusive and Mare - thank you for again acknowledging you are there in thoughts and prayers. Brother Charles has a blood clot and they will not make an incision. The doctor is going through the stent he put in two weeks ago to "chisel" away at the huge stone attached to the kidney wall. It is so large it has pushed into the urethra and in the worst possible place for removal through the stent. They do not want to keep him under but so long so they are doing a little at a time and yesterdays surgery the surgeon actually made a hole thru the stone which helped his flow. Last night he passed some fragments which was good! The surgery next Friday will allow the surgeon to get more of that stone out. It has been growing for over 20 years and measures close to 1 inch in length. The hospital stay for the first week was to get the infection under control. His other kidney is small and his body has always counted on this one kidney his whole life! My brother is one that will battle pain instead of going to a doctor which he is now regretting! One good thing, he was a pack a day daily smoker for 50 years ( he is 64 now) and he has not had a cigarette in almost 3 weeks!! We will see how he goes this week and how the surgery helped. Hopefully each one will bring him closer to normality! His goal is to get back on the golf course - he is a very good golfer and proud to be an addict of the sport!! Thank you all for your continued care and support!