The last week has been insane around here! Sick sick sick, I am so sick of all this sickness. My back ache is never ending, Cole had the poops, then the pukes, then Brody got the poops, then Bill got the pukes, I got a sinus infection, Brody had the pukes and poops again and then last night topped it all off. I had been home wiping Brody's butt all day and listening to Bill puke and puke his guts out, poor guy, so I woke up with an extremely sore back. Nothing unusual lately, so I took some Tylenol, and did my exercises, which usually do stretch me out, stop the spasms and get me up and moving so by noon I can usually function.
By noon yesterday I was pretty sore. I snuck into the bed room while Bill was out puking and laid on my back massager and hoped to get some relief. I came out to the living room and did more stretches and the pain just kept getting more and more intense. Cole got home at 4 and by 5 I had enough. I went to the bedroom and begged Bill to let me trade him places for awhile. I was hurting so bad I needed a pain pill, and you know how I am with those damn pain pills, I am OUT like a light with them. I took one and laid down in bed. Within minutes I was up and in the bathroom. I felt like I had to poop, pee and just terrible pressure. I was in pain.
Bill insisted that I had caught the "flu" like he had and that I was being a wussy and just couldn't handle the pain. I knew it wasn't the damn flu. I was hurting in one spot in my groin and one spot in my back. Straight through. I couldn't sit still, I vomited twice from the pain and the Vicodin didn't touch my pain. After two hours of not sitting still I called my mother in law to come get me and take me to the ER. Bill stayed home puking and caring for the kids. Thank goodness they were little angels for him. Brody slept most of the time I was gone. Thank goodness.
Dr.Ramen was on call. She ran labs on me and a urine. My WBC count was elevated and my urine had cells in it and lots of blood. Pretty certain I had another kidney stone. She gave me 5 shots of different muscle relaxers, pain medicines and then 2 full of antibiotics. My hips are a bit sore today from all the shots, but they kicked in and the pain finally let up so I could sit still and get comfortable. I was ready to come home and go to bed. I got sent home with a pee strainer and had to catch my stone when I passed it.
I woke up in terrible pain again at 2 am. I popped another pain pill and some Tylenol for my fever which was 101. I tossed and turned and tried to get comfy. Never happened. I got Cole on the bus at 7 and then Brody and I fell back asleep from about 8 till 10 a.m. It felt so nice to finally sleep. I woke up and was still in severe pain. I had to pee so bad. By the time I walked to the bathroom my pain had sort of disappeared? Weird I know, but it did. So I was peeing, felt something weird and then got done and looked in the strainer and there it was, the stone. It looked like a bacon crumble actually. Kinda like a bacon bit, weird. So I got Brody dressed and we headed to town to the pharmacy to get my prescriptions. I also had to take my stone to the lab at the hospital for analysis.
I came home and felt like a million bucks being finally pain free. I did up my kitchen, and some laundry and cooked supper. It was a productive day after all the pain I'd been through.
Worst case is I might have to go through this again 2 more times. We knew I had 4 stones, hoping that I'd passed two or three last time, and then this one but there could be another one or two in there if I only passed one the first time. I am not looking forward to this pain again, but now that I know what to expect I can get to the Dr faster and get better pain control to pass it. That pain is worse than having a baby for sure. It's horrible. I can't imagine even being a guy. I hear stones are bad for them too.
Today Bill's guts haven't been right, but he is feeling better and not throwing up, he just spent the morning off and on in the bathroom. The boys both seem fine today and knock on wood I won't get this flu crap. I could do without it actually.
We need to all get well. I am sick of sickness!
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