In Loving Memory of Nick S.

Who bravely passed... a kidney stone

Through the shadowed valley of unspeakable agony, Nick S. journeyed alone; a solitary warrior confronting nature's cruelest crystalline adversary. For what felt like an eternity compressed into mortal hours, he endured tribulations that would fell lesser souls, his spirit tested by fires most unholy. Yet from this crucible of suffering emerged not defeat, but glorious triumph. The stone, that wretched calcified demon, was vanquished at last. Let the heavens themselves weep with joy, for Nick S. has passed through the storm and emerged, forever changed, into the gentle light of relief. May we all aspire to such magnificent fortitude.