Keeping it real

 It all started back in September, Loren started to feel awful and ended up having a kidney stone issue. His doctor tried to keep him comfortable, expecting that Loren would pass it and after three weeks of not feeling well Loren finally had surgery on October 10, then he had surgery again on December 6th. He went into the ER on New Years Eve with another stone, and finally he went in again on February 12th. Loren is now having serious health issues regarding his right kidney. He will not be happy if he knows that I've posted these pictures, he said no Facebook, so I didn't post it there. He never said no blog! ;-)

Loren's kidney is not fully functioning and his baseline is only 60%, by February his kidney was discovered to be very sick, full of puss and blood. By then the kidney was not even functioning at 60% it was far less. So, he is having to deal with a lot of issues and is in serious pain. He is trying to keep his spirits up!

Not looking happy about an upcoming procedure. He really didn't want this picture posted!

This is a stint, these are placed in the ureter from the kidney to the badder to prevent swelling after surgery. Loren currently has one in to keep any stones from dropping down into the ureter, while they try to dissolve his stones. He is not a candidate for "blasting" the stones, because his stones are uric acid and not calcium. This has been a difficult few months, and we will be glad when he is feeling better.