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Well that is it. Tomorrow is my big day.
I am going in for surgery and hopefully you will come along.
Now I do have to admit that I am in a bit of pain so I am really looking forward to
this procedure and with your support I think we are both going to find out that
having surgery just isn't as scary as it sounds.
Hi, if you are just joining us for this very special today now event, we are covering
our own Jim Haggerty's kidney stone removal surgery live on the air and that
was Jim's final video diary last night and his surgery is now just minutes away.
Dr. Jeffrey Atka is still with us and Dr. Atka tell us how somebody would know if he
had kidney stones. Well tell, tell symptom is excruciating
that makes it nearly impossible to pass here in most stones they pass naturally
but the larger ones like Jim's can get stuck and cause infection so they require surgery.
And of course Jim is showing us there is nothing to fear here.
Jim how you doing there? Tracy, no, I'm sorry I have changed my mind.
There is the pain you talked about.
So Dr. Atka tell us what precautions we would take to prevent us from getting
kidney stones.
Always stay hydrated. Water helps the kidneys break the stuff down.
Hear that Jim more water. What!?
More water. Maybe we should replace your coffee.
Please go away. Get out of here.
So now doctor is this a picture of Jim's ultrasound here.
Wow that is a very large kidney stone as it almost looks like two stones fused together.
We got to start a college fund for that one Jim.
I'm going to *** kill you.
Now what are we seeing here doctor. Well in a few moments they are going to
place a tube in Jim's Urethra which will travel its way up to the ureter and then
shockwaves are going to break it down into smaller chunks which will then scrape
their way out through ureter. Wow.
Well you know it sounds complicated, but really it is just simple surgery that has
almost 100% success rate. So there is nothing to be afraid of.
Hear that Jim? Where's the laser?
What laser sir? Poor Jim.
I mean this is cool, that is a camera they are going to use to film the whole surgery from inside
Jim's body, right? Yes, that is gong to be pushed in to Jim's
urethra as well. Now normally they wouldn't do this.
This is purely for the benefit of us watching it on TV.
All right stick with us because Jim's operation is just minutes away, but first
he is going to pop into the children's ward and cheer up some youngsters
suffering from terminal illnesses, stay tuned.
My *** is killing me.
Now in Beltway we will check Capitol Hill's rhythm on the D.C. metronome
is Obama keeping time on that? See you at 11.