Procedure done today

Matt went to Fort Atkinson urologist today with Dr. Sandra McCabe. Dr. McCabe used a scope to got through Matt's penis and into his bladder. The doctor said his bladder was nice and pink and healthy. We could see where the tumor on his bladder was sitting and pushing his bladder in. The tumor has not penetrated into the bladder. We saw that the right kidney was sending yellow urine into the bladder. When we watched the left side nothing came out. The doctor decided that there was a blockage somewhere from the kidney down into the bladder on the left side. This would account for the left sided back pain and the blood in the urine. The doctor recommended surgery. It would be day surgery. They would sedate Matt and do another procedure, Cystoscopy bilateral Retrograde left pyelogram with possible left Ureteroscopy JJ stent.

Which means they are going to put a scope through Matt's penis and through the tube up to his left kidney. She is looking for a possible blockage. It could be a kidney stone blocking which she would blast and break into small pieces or it could be calcium build up and she would put a stint in.

Surgery should take about an hour and 15 minutes and time in recovery. Surgery is at 11:00 tomorrow.

I pray that it is a kidney stone and she can get rid of it and Matt can feel better. I called the nurses at Johnson Creek to let them know what was going on. They informed me that Matt has a bowel infection. Tomorrow we will pick up the medication to start taking for this. This morning Matt felt better. He took the medication for the thrust on his tongue. This morning his tongue look pink again.

We had to go to Matt primary doctor today for a History and physical for surgery tomorrow. We found out that with all the diarrhea Matt has lost a lot of weight. Matt is down to 125 pounds. Hopefully we can clear up the diarrhea and the bowel infection and he can start eating again.

Dear God please be with Matt and Dr. McCabe during surgery tomorrow. Please guide her hands and take care of Matt.

Thanks you everyone for all your continued prayers.