Oof - poor kiddo. I've had kidney stones 4 times, and they've luckily never been that large, although one was borderline needing to be broken up. That pain is super awful - I hope he feels better soon!
Oof - poor kiddo. I've had kidney stones 4 times, and they've luckily never been that large, although one was borderline needing to be broken up. That pain is super awful - I hope he feels better soon!
Of course blues show up when there is other stuff also happening - because cat.
Of course blues show up when there is other stuff also happening - because cat.
My first kidney stone was my senior year of high school - which is why I'm not surprised that it's happening in younger folks. After the last one (I'm stubbornly an idiot sometimes), I downloaded an app that tracks my water intake and haven't had one since 2013 (knock on all the wood). I had no idea that laser stone removal would be so far away - a scheduling thing or just how it's done?
They gave me something like FlowMax I think to increase the size of the ureter the last time I had one since it was borderline size (just under 5mm) and they wanted it to pass naturally if possible. 11mm is so much bigger than that though. It was one of the few times I gladly accepted the drugs they gave me (they gave me 80 percocet because they didn't know how long it would take to pass. And then it passed the next day.) I hope they're able to work out some better pain management, because the thought of 4 weeks of that sucks a lot. gentle hugs to your kiddo.
But also - there are some studies that riding a roller coaster can help them pass quicker? Uncertain how much that depends on size, but I've seen a fair amount of anecdotal stories.