Hi, my mom is 72 yrs old. She is diabetic. She had a urinary infection last month where her wbc count went up to 33000 and was on iv antibiotics. She was fine for a month and has now developed a stomach infection where her wbc count is at 18000. She also has a small gallstone but its not hurting her at all. She starts to shiver on and sweats it off after an hour or so. She is again on iv antibiotics. Need to know if the infection keeps accuring in different places due to the gallstone? Is it safe to remove the gallstone at this age (keeping in mind she is diabetic)? Or is there any other test that she should do? thanks