20 Weeks and a Kidney Stone...

Good news...I made it to 20 weeks and am steadily growing.  Bad news...We think I have a kidney stone.  Yesterday at work I was having a pretty normal day until about 10 am when I got a bad pain on my right side that pretty much brought me to tears and made me so fidgety and uncomfortable I just couldn't do anything to get easy. So long story short, I was admitted to women's unit for the day by my Uncle Morris who happens to be my doctor as well :) for fluids and pain medication.  I resisted the pain medication at first, but when I just could not get comfortable for anything I decided I needed it.  I rested well until one more pain attack about 2 hours later. I had some more medication and rested well for the remainder of the afternoon. The ultrasound of my kidneys showed some congestion or colic on the right side. Definitive diagnosis for a stone would be shown on a CT scan but because of the baby, the Dr. decided not to expose us to radiation. Since I was pretty pain free from about 2 until 6 yesterday afternoon, besides some soreness and aches, Uncle Morris let me come home and not have to stay the night in the hospital.

Jeffery was great to stay with me the whole afternoon and keep me oriented when the pain meds had me asking the same questions over and over (which I don't really recall). We came home around 7 and I slept well the rest of the night with no more pain attacks. Hopefully the stone has entered my bladder now and it will pass. I will be watching for that...

When we left the hospital J told the nurses that we would not see them again until February. And hopefully he is right!