Good grief, I thought I had removed all kidney stones 2 years ago. Nope! I awoke about midnight Wednesday 19th with a pain in my right-side abdomen and lower back. I thought, surely this can’t be a kidney stone?! No way! But after 4 hours of tossing and turning and vomiting and walking around the house in the middle of the night, I finally gave up and drove myself to the ER at Hermann Memorial on Studemont street.
Sure enough, another kidney stone. It was 7 mm in size. That’s too big to pass (6 mm in size is the limit to be able to pee it out). So I get a comfy Ambulance ride to the bigger Memorial Hospital on north 610, where I lay around and wait for nearly 24 hours before getting a procedure. Finally, at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, I get wheeled into surgery, given some anesthesia, and with Laser Lithotripsy my stone gets removed.
The procedure only took about 20 minutes, they said. I was unconscious for it, so I don’t know. But by noon, I was getting dressed and on my way home. Cost for all of this? I’m not sure. Insurance will cover most of it. But I anticipate some bonus bills. Altogether, I suspect my 36 hour vacation at the Hermann Memorial resort will cost at least $10,000.
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