Mary Jo went back to the OR again today to get to the bottom of the mysterious images on her xrays that appeared to be kidney stones in her urethra.
Dr. Meiers, her uroligist scoped her urethra and determined that what was showing up on the pictures were two instances of blood vessel calsification near the urethra. He did laser one kidney stone that was in the kidney, but not near the opening to the urethra.
The doctor had to remove the stent that was previously placed in her urethra to perform today's procedure. So, he put another one in afterwards to help her pass any remnants of the lasered kidney stone.
Hopefully, my girl won't have to go back to a doctor's office, except for routine stuff for a long time. Thanks again for all of your thoughts an prayers for us as we near the one year anniversary of when Mary Jo's MCL reared it's ugly head, and she started chemo treatments at Baptist East in Louisville.
So, many things have happened to us since last October. We have been blessed to meet so many wonderful people, patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses and staff at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville, at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, and at the ACS Hope Lodge in Nashville where we stayed for part of our time there. We were inspired by the courage of the patients and caregivers that we met, and strengthened and reassured by all of the dedicated medical personnel who cared for Mary Jo.
We also have become friends with several people online through this blog, and online NHL support groups walking a journey similar to ours. We have been up lifted by their prayers and support, and hopefully our prayers have helped them, as well.
One of the couples that we have been communicating with for several months are our friends, Steve Dillon and his wife and caregiver, Peggy in North Carolina. Steve and Peggy are currently at Duke University Cancer Center in Durham. Steve has MCL, too. He had an auto SCT on September 25th.
Steve's blood counts have indicated that engraftment has started, but he will be experiencing all of the bad things that happen while transplant patients are neutropenic. Please pray for Steve's complete recovery, and NED (no evidence of disease) on his post-transplant PET probably around his Day+100, Also please pray for everyone that has been adversely affected by the government shutdown.
One more time...
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