So, I have been missing in action....
Last Monday (April 13th) I had to take a MedSurg test in Gainsville at school. I have been having some kidney pains but thought it was a UTI that would pass. As I was taking my test I started to get really uncomfortable. I finished my test and went straight to the ladie's room. I was unable to urinate. I told my teacher that I was starting to hurt really bad and that I thought I needed to head to the ER. I called my mom and Matt while I was driving there. My intentions were to make it home to HEB Hospital. I only made it Denton and couldn't stand the pain anymore. My mom was going to get my sister and meet me there so someone could drive my car home. I checked myself in and I was okay. They took me to my room and before I could even get a gown on I was greeted by the doctor. She examined me... then they came in and started an IV with fluids. I started hurting really really really bad. I was paseing and moaning and groaning... like a crazy person needing pain meds. The nurse came in and said that they had to wait for my pregnancy test to come back before medicating me. So, I waited... and pased... and moaned... and groaned... I was hurting so bad... I think I would have said 11 on a 1-10 scale. Worst than child birth. They were pushing fluids through an IV and I told them I was unable to urinate. I kept grabbing my saline bag and going to the bathroom... nothing. Finally, an hour and a half later they come in a give me Turgadol. TURGADOL? Come on... HEB always gives Morphine. So, anyways.... they take me to CT scan. Doctor comes in and says Yes I have a 5mm kidney stone. Here is some pain meds and sends me home. I sleep the rest of the day... Wake up the next morning for clinicals.
So, I felt okay the next morning... a little sore, but better. I am in the OR watching a 10 year old girl getting her wrist set back in place due to a fracture. Suddenly, the pain is back... Not as bad as the day before... but I knew it would be a matter of time. I run back to pre-op area to find my teacher. We fiddle around trying to see if there is a urologist I could see at the hospital. Damn, he is in surgery. Finally, we deciede I just need to head to HEB, pronto. So, a friend from school follows me to HEB. I get checked in.... I get morphine... IV with fluids... They order all of my records from the hospital in Denton, plus order a X-Ray to compare to see if the stone had moved at all. The doctor comes in and says that my urine is full of WBCs & RBCs so I probably have infection. The CT from Denton showed my kidney to be enlarged. So, he was calling for a Urologist consult and they would probably want to remove it surgically due to the kidney issue.
So, I stayed the night at the hospital and had the stone removed the next day. I had a stent places from my kidney to my bladder due to the trauma. It kept the tube open so I was able to urinate. Sunday morning I had to pull the stent out myself. I have a string taped to the inside of my leg. It didn't hurt as I was pulling it out... but my kidney started to cramp about an hour later.
So, thats what has been happening around here. Today Matt and I have been married 3 years :) Yesterday Brian is officially 5 months old. Yay. We gave him some bananas today and he loved it. You couldn't tell by his facial expressions...but he opened his mouth for some more.
