We went in for an out patient procedure on Wednesday and we were still there... she continued to have lower back pain and she wasn't sleeping well. On top of that it was looking like she wasn't coming home again today and they kept finding more issues to address.
She had a procedure to relieve the pressure in her kidney by putting a stent into her urinary tract to push back on the cancer squeezing it. It wasn't successful. The urinary track was swollen and twisted not allowing the stent to get where it needed to be.
They had a backup plan.
Make a small incision next to the kidney and try to put the stent in from the kidney side... that didn't work, but they put a drain tube in.
I had to leave to pick up the kids, so I wasn't there when she got out, but I talked to her on the phone and she gave me the groggy recap.
I brought the kids back up and we hung out for a couple hours. The drainage tube was working and her pain is almost all gone. She was joking and in good spirits. She still has to stay overnight, but after the colonoscopy in the morning we should be able to bring her home.
It's been a challenging week, but we are taking all the good moments we can get.
More tomorrow.
She had a procedure to relieve the pressure in her kidney by putting a stent into her urinary tract to push back on the cancer squeezing it. It wasn't successful. The urinary track was swollen and twisted not allowing the stent to get where it needed to be.
They had a backup plan.
Make a small incision next to the kidney and try to put the stent in from the kidney side... that didn't work, but they put a drain tube in.
I had to leave to pick up the kids, so I wasn't there when she got out, but I talked to her on the phone and she gave me the groggy recap.
I brought the kids back up and we hung out for a couple hours. The drainage tube was working and her pain is almost all gone. She was joking and in good spirits. She still has to stay overnight, but after the colonoscopy in the morning we should be able to bring her home.
It's been a challenging week, but we are taking all the good moments we can get.
More tomorrow.