[Dailydrool] Doheny is out of surgery

[Kahuna and Friends]

Doheny is out of surgery. They took the stone out of the ureter - right at
the level of the kidney. More like a boulder. It was about 2 cm x .75 cm.
The bladder stones were small and flushed out.The liver is terrible - I saw
the biopsy segment. It is 3-4 times normal size and nodular. They did a
smear and saw only lymphocytes, no liver parenchyma. It is possibly lymphoma
 but we won't know until the results come in. She also had a feeding tube
placed. At the end, she started to bleed and dropped her blood pressure.
They started her on dopamine and gave her a transfusion. We don't know if
the liver will start working again, or if it has just stopped and she will
continue to bleed and get deteriorate. She will get a hematocrit tonight and
more labs in the morning and we will see what happens. I'm am going back
soon to sit with her.

Synthia

 

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