Evening all
Well the deed is done and the operation is now over. It was pretty traumatic, lasted over four hours and included a nice little incident where John vomitted on the operating table. Thankfully we had an alert anaesthetist, who prevented inhalation of the stomach contents. The operation itself looks like it will have been successful with the ureters now implanted at the top of the bladder instead of further down. The consultant said it was a very tough op, inside was much worse than had been expected, thank goodness it was an open procedure. He said we were close to a catastrophic state with the kidneys and all with no pain as usual with John. So he's got two,catheters, stents and is feeling very rough, but it is hoped that in a few weeks, he might be down to self catheterisation rather than an SPC and two healthy kidneys. The urethra was apparently in surprisingly good order, with just one stricture. John will be in hospital for a week or so, stents out two weeks later then, with luck a trial without catheter again.
None of this would have been possible if it hadn't been for our wonderful urologist and the fact that this operation is done commonly in Eygpt where he is from ( blinking foreigners coming over here making our people better using their amazing skills!). He is a fantastic person, he really believes in John and wanted to make his quality of life better. We are so lucky.
Lots of love
A very shattered but hopeful, Devonmaid xxx