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For those who were worried about SheFox's surgery today that I never told you about: it went great.

Posted by TFox Oct 22 '08, 19:38

Her renal artery on one side was 90% stenoted (blocked), so they went in and removed the blockage with a tiny balloon. Doc says she has had stenosis on that side for years, so the kidney isn't doing super, but it isn't dead and they are hopeful that fixing the blood flow will return it to better health. The other kidney is large and strong as an ox to compensate. Hopefully, the damage to her kidney is minor enough that her chronic high blood pressure will come back to normal 31 yr old levels. She'll be home tomorrow morning.

I know y'all were worried. :)

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Very glad to hear that everything is okay. - ReluctantCynic Oct 22, 20:30
hooray -- nm - chris Oct 22, 20:22
Woohoo! Great news! -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 20:07
That's great news. What symptoms was she exhibiting that led to this surgery? -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 20:05 4
- 160/100 bp every day for like 2 years. Basically. - TFox Oct 22, 20:08 3
  - Man, must have taken forever to narrow it down to that. I'm glad they finally found the culprit. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 20:11 2
    - They were really limited in what they could look for when she was pregnant. - TFox Oct 22, 20:12 1
      - God Lord! How did she not get preeclampsia? -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 20:24
I'm glad things are well. - ty97 Oct 22, 20:01
Awesome news. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 22, 20:00
And now that we know, we are all relieved. I wish her a swift recovery. :) -- nm - sheba Oct 22, 20:00
good news! -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 19:57
Oh man, how scary. I'm glad she (and you) came through it ok. - Trish Oct 22, 19:55 1
- We both thought it was more routine and elective than it was until today. - TFox Oct 22, 19:58
Glad she is okay - hopefully her kidney will be super soon. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 19:48 1
- I hope all of TT and families' kidneys get better soon -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 19:50
Wuzzah! Even if it doesn't completely come back to normal, her blood pressure should improve, yes? -- nm - mara Oct 22, 19:39 3
- One would think. The heart doesn't need to push blood through a 90% clogged hole, so physics seems to imply yes. - TFox Oct 22, 19:41 2
  - I am curious - how does that even happen? a blockage like that - at 31 -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 19:49 1
    - It is an acronym I forget at the moment. Basically, it isn't a calcified blockage like in older folks. - TFox Oct 22, 19:55

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