A 4 MILLIMETER KIDNEY STONE CREATES AN EMERGENCY AT 4 AM.  THATS WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR HOUSE LAST WEEK WHEN MY WIFE HAD A SUDDEN HORRENDOUS PAIN.  I AM N0 STRANGER TO KIDNEY STONES SINCE EXPERIENCING SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM IN MY LIFETIME.  IT WAS TIME FOR THE ER.  FORTUNATELY THE URINARY TRACT DOCTOR CAME IN SHORTLY.  HE HAD ANOTHER SURGERY THAT MORNING, SO AGREED TO PERFORM A "STONECTOMY" WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM.  A DAY IN THE HOSPITAL IS NO FUN, BUT WE ARRIVED BACK HOME IN LATE AFTERNOON.  SHE IS RESTING COMFORTABLY AND WILL SOON BE UP TO HER OLD SELF.