Doctors (10)
- 1 Referring Urologist
- 3 Urology Specialists (all surgeons) -1 consulting, 2 in operating room (1- regular attending/professor, 1 5y in program).
- 1 Primary Care
- 2 Anesthesiologists (1 attending/professor, 1 2y student)
- 1 Cardiologist (see note below)
- 1 Hospitalist
- 1 Intern (4y in program)
Nurses (13)
- 1 Office Visit Nurse
- 2 Pre-op Nurses
- 2 OR Nurses
- 3 Post-op Nurses (see note below)
- 3 Floor Nurses (my night shift nurse was outstanding, even remembered me from my baseball officiating days)
- 2 Nursing Assistants
Other Medical Personal (8)
- 4 Phlebotomists (1- lab, 1- Pre-op, 1 Recovery (see note below), 1- on floor)
- 2 CAT Scan Techs
- 1 OR Tech
- 1 Pharmacist
Drugs (7)
- General Anesthesia
- 8 bags of saline solution
- 7 doses of Fentanyl (people this is the stuff, it is a synthetic opioid 50-100 times more powerful then morphine, works in seconds when pushed through an IV)
- Oxycodone
- Lopressor
- Laxative
- Lexvaquin
Equipment
- Robotic Surgery Unit (with Nephroscope, dilators, laser, camera and suction attachments)
- Cat Scan
- Fluoroscope
- Foley Catheter
- Nephrostomy Tube
- Lymphadema pump
Miscellaneous
- 3 different beds
- 3 lousy meals
- 5 hospital gowns ( I liked the one with the built in heating ducts)
- 4 linen changes
- numerous dressing change
Cause
- 1- 2.6cm by 1cm kidney stone
(NOTE: About the cardiologist, extra post op nurse and phlebotomist...while in recovery I was asked how I was doing, I said pain was minimal, but stated that I had a tightness in my chest, within minutes I felt like an episode of some medical drama on TV. I had an EKG attached, blood drawn, oxygen attached, and a statin administered. Turns out to have been muscle soreness from spending 4 hours face down on the operating table strapped to hard rubber supports for the surgery. My heart is still good and strong.)
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