She had a fierce will to live but in the end her body just quit on her. She’ll be missed.
Category: Kidney
Jan 24
Sad Abandoned Doggie
Dan found this dog literally starving to death in the middle of a street in our neighborhood and couldn’t leave her there. She’s been at the vet since January 18th but will probably come home to our house this week sometime. She had most of her tail amputated today – (it was cut off, infected, …
Nov 14
Kidney Removed, How It Went Down
Last Thursday, November 10th, 2011, Danny & I arrived at the surgery waiting room at about 4:45 a.m. We couldn’t get in there yet because it wasn’t open, but at 5:00 a.m. the doors opened and we sat down. I signed in, gave the waiting room lady my surgery pass and waited. After awhile I …
Nov 07
Having A Nephrectomy – What? Why?
So, the day that Steve Jobs died I found out that I’d be probably having my right kidney removed. The funny thing was, I never even thought I had any kidney issues. Turns out I have a congenital thing called an UPJ obstruction: Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is a blockage in the area that connects …
