I am back after a brief time exploring today's acute health care system at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo. I was having severe back pain; turns out I had blocked ureter by a 6-10mm in diameter kidney stone! They performed relatively immediate surgery intended to alleviate the stresses on my kidney by inserting a stent in the junction of the affected ureter and kidney, thus keeping the ureter's drainage path open. It also provided a way to get antibiotics into the affected kidney.
Overall, for me, those were a few harrowing days between December 17 and 21.
Overall, for me, those were a few harrowing days between December 17 and 21.