Stoned

On November 18th we made an emergency trip to Seattle because we got word that my son Lou had had a brain aneurysm that had ruptured and would need brain surgery. We flew up on Friday and found him still in surgery. They had found another aneurysm that hadn't yet ruptured and were able to clip it off and stop it from rupturing. He is recovering on schedule.

While we were up there I didn't feel very good. I thought it might be a urinary tract infection. When we returned to Logan on Monday, the 21st, I was feeling worse so I made an appointment to be seen. The clinic said it was an infection and gave me an antibiotic. It didn't seem to help and I was having a feeling of needing to go to the bathroom, constantly. I struggled on thinking that the medicine would soon take effect. Saturday we were able to fill our assignment at the Temple but by midnight the pain was unbareable and it was also hurting on the left side of my back. Bob took me to the emergency room. They did a CT scan and found a kidney stone that was just ready to enter the bladder! They gave me a different pain medication which allowed me to go home, feeling much better. Monday morning I passed the stone, which you see below. I don't recommend that anyone get on of these. Some have said it is about like giving birth to a baby. At least with a baby you have something CUTE to show for the pain!!