****UPDATE****8/26/11 TONIGHT ****UPDATE****

UPDATE

Just came back from seeing my mum tonight. Her b/p was high because of the earlier news she received. Since they took the catheter out ten hours ago, she had not peed. The doctor's concern was that they would have to insert the catheter back in again in order that she would not bloat and become seriously uncomfortable. But before they did that, they told her to drink drink drink a lot of water. She did, and finally a trickle.

The reason why they were more concerned about whether she peed or not was when they cut the tumor out part of the tumor was a little too close to the Urethra. So his concern was she may have trouble peeing. She will still have to go for a ultra sound in a few months to make sure no scar tissue has formed over the opening.

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Thank you all for your prayers and concerns.

Sorry I have not posted earlier, but have been just exhausted.

It was a very long day Wednesday. The day of my mum's surgery. I was totally exhausted. Surgery was 4-5 hours long. Then the waiting. For recovery. Only saw her five minutes after recovery. She was out of it.

The doctor removed the tumor from one of her kidneys. They could not tell right away if the tumor was cancerous. Will take up to a week or so for the Pathologists to do tests.

Doctor's want her to walk walk walk. She is in pain but on Morphine if she wants. She is doing much better than yesterday.

I feel I was like a yo yo this morning. First the doctor's wanted to release her, now they want her to stay an extra day. Fine by me!!! I can rest another day. Right now the main concern is that she is not peeing or pooing. They need to make sure she is able to do that. So that is why they are keeping her another day.

Thank you again..