I spoke to the vet as well as the internal medicine specialist
yesterday and they all said that they don't/can't remove ureter calculi
in cats. They said that they would in dogs but not in cats. I told them
that I read that the surgery is possible but they're all saying no.

They're going to call around to see if anyone will perform the surgery
but they don't think anyone in the state will.

At this point, I don't know who to believe or what to do. From what
I've read, even if someone was able to perform the surgery, it's very
risky. There was something about the kidneys and some sort of leakage
problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions or advice as to what I should do? I
can't afford to travel to another state to have this surgery done, if
someone would do it. They won't even do any of the other treatment
options such as that shock wave/ultrasound thing.