Bro. Heidenreich had surgery on Thursday, and everything went very well. They can only do one kidney at a time because whichever one they work on shuts down while it’s going through the process. Treating one kidney keeps the other kidney functioning while the treated one is healing. They were able to get 5 stones that were causing blockage and blasted 5 more large stones.
In 2 weeks they will concentrate on the mass they found. They have only focused on getting the kidneys to function better the past few weeks as they felt they needed to get them functioning before they address the mass. The doctors will concentrate on the mass on, June 26th.
In 3 weeks they will do another surgery on the other kidney. Once that surgery is done, they will know what they need to do next, whether more surgery is needed or if they have things under control.
They are trying to figure out what is causing the stone production. He’s been to natural doctors, tried all kinds of natural remedies, changed his diet, been to medical doctors, had stones analyzed and had his medication changed several times, etc., all of this to see if any of these things will help to stop his body from producing stones. Sadly, his body still produces them. Pray that we can get that figured out.
Just since he’s been home today, he’s been passing more stones. He’s in some pain but doing well!
Thank you for your continued prayers! We will keep you updated as to his condition.