Greeting card #2 – “Kidney Stone Sufferer” 1/18/1994 A female friend was suffering from a kidney stone. The guys among us tried to be supportive, but once we learned about how such a malady ultimately resolves itself, most of our discussions focused on the imagined horror of passing a stone through such a small orifice. Press the “start” button below to begin the animation. You may also view just the animation, filling the enitre browser window. Still “before and after” images below, in case the animation doesn’t show.