Tracy has an appointment tomorrow (Wednesday) to have her kidey stone broken up sonically. The hope is that the stone will break into much smaller pieces, known in medical terms as 'sand'. This should allow the stone to be passed as much smaller pieces although she has been warned that too much 'sand' will present its own unique set of problems.
From a laymen's perspective I wonder how a device that can generate sound waves strong enough to break a kidney stone will fail to affect your heart. Kidney stones are formed from crystals found in urine and as a result must be very hard. Let's assume they know what they are doing.
On a light note, Tracy also discovered that her Urologist is a physician of some note. His claim to faim is that he surgically reattached John Wayne Bobbit's penis after his insane wife, Lorena Bobbit, severed it. This was a big story in the Northern Virginia area when it happened in 1993. Here is a link to the sordid tale.
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CORRECTION: Kidney Stone destruction is scheduled for Wednesday, July 6 vice the previously posted date.
We had a little mix-up with the scheduling time and Tracy 'missed' her appointment on Wednesday, July 6. All of her paperwork said that she was to arrive at 9:00AM for a 9:30AM procedure. She received a call at 7:30AM from the hospital asking why she did not appear at the proscribed 6:00AM arrival time and that her appointment was not only cancelled, but would have to be rescheduled in no less than 2 weeks time. Pointing out the fact that the Hospital screwed up did not achieve anything and she has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 20. Let's hope the Hospital has their shit together this time.
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