Sherman Update

Well, we got him out of the hospital today. He is back at Red Oak and ruling the roost. After I had come home this afternoon and they called for me to come back. Since the kidney stone was on the right side and the small incision is on the right side he really doesn't have much sensation of pain so when they ask do you need pain meds he says no but he is squirmy and uncooperative and in general a pain. After he got some pain medication this afternoon he was fine and resting. We got his bandage changed and he promised to be sweet.

I ask the doctor about the stone today and he told me it was the size and shape of a pecan. (I didn't ask if that was native pecan or hybrid pecan.) I now understand why the surgery took over three hours. They did it all through the scope. I thought from the amount of bandage on his back that they had to open but after all the unwrapping there was only the hole with a tube (for drainage) in it. I hope and pray it won't take long before he is up and at it again. He is on antibiotics because of the piece of stent that had collected all sorts of "yucky stuff". Dr. description not mine. :)

I will keep you posted on his improvements. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Love,
Dolores