I'm sure people are curious about the last week of my life. Here is the short version.
(times may not be accurate due to extreme pain medication!)
July 9, 9:00 am
Depart for road trip. drove to Niagara Falls. The drive was beautiful!
July 10, 9:00 am
Spend day at the falls. Also beautiful!
July 10, 3:00 pm
Leave falls and drive to Syracuse NY for Vineyard Regional Conference.
July 11, 9:00 am
Attend conference. Experience pain in my side on and off throughout the day that feels too similar to kidney stone pain.
July 12, 1:00 am
Pain gets much worse and I decide (against the wishes of my friends) to drive home through the night to be back with my doctors/hospital in PA.
July 12, 8:00 am
Arrive home, sleep for a bit
July 12, 1:00 pm
Wake in excruciating pain, go to ER. Confirm Kidney Stones.
July 12, 5:00 pm
Discharged from hospital. Sent home with pain meds and anti nausea meds.
July 13, 3:00 pm
In terrible pain and can not keep pain medication down
July 13, 7:00 pm
Back to hospital. Bypass ER and get directly admitted to Hospital for "failure to discharge" Place on IV pain meds. Work like a charm!
July 14, 8:00 am
Doctor come in a decides to do surgery based on my past history with not passing stones on my own.
July 14, 10:00 am
Surgery. No more stones. Stent placed to help with recovery.
July 14, 8:00 pm
Discharged from hospital
July 15, 1:00 am
Terrible pain.
July 15, 2:00 pm
Call doctor. Pain is almost worse then before surgery. He tells me to take pain meds and if it gets worse go back to the ER.
July 16, 3:00 am
Return to ER. Back on IV pain meds. CT scan to make sure Stent is still in place and no more stones moving through.
July 16, 8:00 am
Discharged from ER AGAIN with new pain meds (hopefully will stay down) new anti nausea meds.
July 16, 7:00 pm
Successfully sitting on couch, drugged up on pain meds without puking. Only one more week of this and then I'll be stent free and in the clear.
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