Kidney stone operation... Originally the plan was to give me a dip and blow up the stones with the sound waves, but they had a change of plans. Instead, they had to go up the ol' "yellow brick road" and grab it. Turns out there had been some damage done from my bike riding days, so they had to clear a path, pull out the stone (it was 5mm, about as big as they come), and then leave a stint in the ureter (the path that connects the kidney to the bladder) to keep it open.
So I've gotta live with the stint at least until Friday, otherwise I'm scheduled to have it removed on Monday afternoon (I think?). Then I'm good to go...
I have one more kidney stone that they looked for, but couldn't find. I think they're going to wait until it causes problems, and then address it. We'll find out more next week...