Please keep him in your prayers....

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brian1789 has developed a kidney stone and is in a hospital in Munich. When I talked to him he was okay, albeit groggy from the pain meds. They will keep him there for a few days and get rid of the stone.

Poor guy. Well, it's better that he's in Germany than rural southern Spain.

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[runeshower.livejournal.com]

I am so glad he went to the doctor! How are they planning to get rid of the stone?

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

usually, the hope is to pass the stone. His is blocking one kidney, and causing more pain from the back-up there. There are procedures to break up stones, too. They were planning to do some further testing on Tuesday.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

It broke up on its own, sometime yesterday, and is, well, passed :). No lithotripter necessary, or it would have been $5000 out of pocket instead of merely $1100...