Doug's Surgery

We just got back from the hospital and Doug seems to be recovering o.k.--except for the pain that he feels when he pees. The stints in his kidneys cause him a lot of pain then. So, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the Dr. couldn't get up into one of Doug's kidneys, the uriter was too narrow. So, he said that the stint should cause that uriter to dilate somewhat by next week--and so he wants to do the surgery again then. That's the really bad news. Doug will go through this all again in a week. But, the good news is that the right kidney looked really good. At his last surgery, in July, the test that put the kidneys into question (called a cytology) showed abnormal cells coming from both of them. The fact that the right kidney looks really good I think is a good sign that the left one will be fine, too. So, maybe all of this will wind down after next week...Thanks for all your happy thoughts and prayers and fasts, too.