Wednesday had her surgery last week to remove the new stones; she ended up having to be under for almost two hours because the stones had travelled down her urethra and would have lodged there because at least one of them was too large to pass. This is something that happens sometimes in males but is pretty rare in females — we were lucky we got her in when we did.

I visited her the afternoon of the surgery: she was still in pretty rough shape, and had to be force fed for the first day or so. She is eating well now, and while she did remove all of her own stitches again this time, the incision is OK so we figured she is well enough to come home now.

Thankfully she is also taking the new medication for controlling her urine Ph, without protest. Hopefully she will never have to go through this again!