15th
I’m still a two bagger
It was a crazy day! I got into the torture chamber pretty much on time. They gave me some “happy” medicine which helped HOWEVER they were having a tough time getting the wire through the tube in through the ureter to get a sint in my ureter so that urine could flow in the customary fashion and I could lose the tube and bag. So.. It hurt like hell and they gave me some more “happy juice’ (thank God).At that point they tell me that I was in respiratory distrss and they wanted to put a tube down my throat to help me breathe but the nurse who was working with me saw that as I was lying on my stomach and told them to wait and positioned my head so as to make me breathe easier. When I came to, they said that the bag was still there. As you can guess I was extremely upset and did shed a few tears. They took me to a room to recover and two docs came in to tell me that the tube and bag was still there but they did get a stint in to keep my ureter open. Bottom line, I have to keep the tube in my kidney and out of my back because they discovered a couple of leaks in my ureter they think due to the ablation. I have to keep the tube to give the ureter a chance to heal. the good part is that in a few days I will be able to take off the major tube and bag and cap off the tube from my back. It will still be uncomfortable but not nearly as cumbersome. In a few weeks they will send me back through the torture chamber and they will inject dye to see if the leaks are healed. As I understand it if the leaks are gone they may be able to remove the tube from my back. SO….. I know that this is a lot to digest but for now I’m still a two bagger with hope. Love, Pat
