collecting system
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SISTER HAS MAJOR SURGERY TOMORROW
Dear Lord, May all go well tomorrow for B. She has a kidney stone that is 3.15 inches long. It's so huge it's taking up most of the collecting system in one kidney. This type of stone has bacteria incorporated into it. As a result, when the stone is laser-blasted, bacteria will be released into... -
SISTER HAS HUGE KIDNEY STONE
Dear Lord, B is trying to get in to see a urologist who can do a complicated laser procedure on a huge staghorn calculus in her R kidney. It is 3.15 inches long, which doesn't account for the various knobs + branches. It is taking up most of the collecting system + will damage the kidney if not... -
SISTER WITH BOWEL OBSTRUCTION + HUGE KIDNEY STONE
Dear Lord, The docs want to do a renal scan on B. That will show how each kidney is functioning. It sounds like the one with the stone would be really hard to operate on. That doc said if the stone has damaged the kidney enough that it isn't working, they would consider removing the whole... -
SISTER IN HOSPITAL
Dear Lord, B has 2 problems: 1) a HUGE kidney stone called a staghorn calculus. It tends to form in the collecting system of the kidney tubules after repeated UTIs. These stones look kind of like deer antlers; and 2) a small bowel obstruction called a volvulus. A loop of intestine twists over...