My wife has passed over 100 stones in the past 15 years... 11 in one night at the ER.
I put them on a paper towel and took a picture because I knew no one would believe me.
Her biggest was a 13mm - and early on the urologist tried a new fangled procedure called lithotripsy.
He didn't have much guidance on the frequency to use so he just blasted the sh*t out of the stones.
Turns out he also blasted the ureter leading from the left kidney to the bladder.
Needless to say, it caused a backup of fluids and no one figured it out until it was too late.
She had that kidney removed in late 2015.
Just went thru another bout with an 8mm stone about 6 weeks ago which caused a kidney infection AND sepsis.
They inserted a tube into her lower back for the kidney to drain into a bag for a couple of weeks.
So she's a veteran...
And as
@Windy City Gator said... it's a case of too much calcium in her system.
And yes - Dilaudid certainly helps.
In 2008 I fell off the roof of my house onto the driveway (about 20 feet down).
I shattered my right heel and completely obliterated my right wrist... They gave me morphine in the ER... didn't touch it. Then they gave me Dilaudid... I was ready to march right out of there I felt so good... :)
