On Thursday (Dec 15th) Ken went in to have "explorartory surgery" on his prostate - their expectation of what would happen would be that they would go in and do some biopsies of the prostate and anything else they may see as an "emergency" or something they can do while they are in there.
While they were in there they see that he had a stricture in his urethea, they hollowed that out. When they looked at the prostate - it was great looking and needed NO biopsies!
So the pros and cons of this surgery for Ken:
Pros:
1) The stricture was the cause of the consistent (5+years) infection of the prostate - now that is fixed.
2) The stricture could have been some of the cause of infertility.
3) Constant antibiotics could have been some more of the cause of infertiflity.
4) The doctor said since this is done, it won't ever get that way again - so it is fixed permanently.
5) He has me to baby him for 4 straight days then after work the rest of the time
Cons:
1) He is stuck with a catheter for 12 days!
2) #1 is VERY VERY painful.
3) We are going to miss a lot of Christmas celebrations (so if you don't see us, don't be surprised)
4) He is going to miss a few doe days during hunting season (this is the worse for him I think)
Overall, this is looking to be a good thing - the infection has always put him in pain and was constantly uncomfortable. The catheter pain seems to be getting a little better, he is still (of course) uncomfortable, and painful, but not nearly as bad as the first day. Keep us in your prayers as we continue on this journey together, our story, our life.
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