It's come to that

This is my 20th day in the hospital using patience as a primary treatment. It hasn't worked so I'm scheduled for surgery this afternoon.  There will be two procedures - change the stent which keeps me from developing another round of hydronephrosis (15 minutes) and then the main surgery to identify and clear the small bowel obstruction. No one knows whether that will turn out to be a major or minor deal and won't know until they look. I may or may not end up in the ICU, depending on the nature of the surgery.

At any rate, you won't be surprised if I miss some blogging time, right?