"Stony" Disposition

Yesterday did not turn out like it was supposed to.

I went to bed at noon after a very loooong night at work followed by a long-over-due grocery shopping trip. By the time I got home and put groceries away and FINALLY made it to bed, it was noon. A very short hour and a half later I woke to excruciating pain in my left back/flank area. I immediately knew what the problem was, been there done that.

A trip to the ER and a CT scan confirmed it. "Ma'am, you have a 6mm sized stone in your left ureter." That's the size of a pencil eraser! Ouch.

I got a liter of fluid in ER, a little shot of medication that didn't help, and some potassium pills for my strangely low potassium level. I actually felt a lot better and was sent home with prescriptions for the pain and the nausea that I didn't know was coming and was told, "Good luck, drink lots of water."

Well, it was a very. Long. Night. The pain pills made me incredibly nauseated, and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep. I couldn't keep anything down all night or all morning today. And you can't move a stone along if you can't drink....

So, I went to see my urologist today and discussed my options: 1. surgery for a stent, 2. laser treatment to break up the stone, 3. go to the hospital for iv fluids and iv pain medication and hope I pass it, or 4. go home and "tough it out, it'll pass eventually."

I'm currently working my way through option #4. And praise God I'm feeling much better, thanks to lots of prayer and a different pain medication! But no stone yet...

I'm hoping for results soon, the kids have their first major regional Swim Meet in the morning and I WANT TO BE THERE!

To be continued.....