For the last year or so, doctors have been telling me that my 84 year old mother has a huge kidney stone and that she will require surgery to break up the stone and remove the pieces. The original surgery was set for September, but my mother contracted some infections and those had to be taken care of before she could have the surgery. So they rescheduled the event for November 7, 2018 and we were all ready to do that when it was discovered that she was on some medication that would make the surgery difficult, so they fixed that situation and rescheduled the surgery for November 14, 2018. My mother was not allowed to eat anything or take any medication for that day, prior to the surgery. We got to the hospital at 2pm on the 14th. I was told that the surgery was at 3:30 and she needed to be prepped. So we checked in and went up to the pre-op section of the hospital. The nurses put my mother in a gown and a hat to keep her hair out of the operation. All of this was accomplished b