Kidney stones - 8 months pregnant

Oh the misery!

So I was 8 months along and working at the Inn at Solitude Mtn Resort...

I all of a sudden got a really sharp pain thru my left side

and it didn't go away.

So I was pretty sure it wasn't labor - but I didn't know what was going on.

[I'll be honest... I was wondering if I was just having a sudden attack. NOPE!]

I didn't know what to do... I was working by myself.

I let my manager go for a ski break.

It was slow and really boring anyways.

Thank goodness Brian was working that day.

I called him in a panic and told him he needed to come down and get me.

He was there pretty quickly.

He strapped me to a back board [semi-embarrassing] and took me over to the clinic.

They asked me a lot of questions - while I was throwing up in their waste basket.

They ruled out labor and decided it may be kidney stones,

but that I should probably go to the hospital.

Brian asked me if I wanted a ambulance... I told him

NO, JUST GET ME THERE!

It was the worst car ride ever... I was in so much pain.

I just whimpered, cried, and screamed the whole way down the canyon.

[Driving Brian crazy!]

Got to the emergency room and they sent me straight to the Womens Center.

They gave me shots of morphine in my butt [OUCH] and started doing tests.

They decided they were pretty sure it was kidney stones.

They took me over for x-rays on my kidney. [My left side]

They couldn't see my kidney - my colon was pretty dang full.

YUCK!

I stayed for 24 hours - on wonderful morphine!

Then stayed on Loratab at home!

Needless to say I didn't go back to work after that.

Instead I curled up on the couch and didn't go far from there!

I went back to the hospital about a week later for another stone.

Was there for 12 hours.

Then I passed another one at home...

decided it was time to do something about my colon.

Tried different things... don't need to list them! :)

Ended up taking a colonoscopy prep to help it along.

NASTY STUFF!!!!

It was midnight when I started.

My sweet husband and parents stayed up with me.

They watched a movie while I was in the corner in agony.

Of course it was a comedy so they kept laughing and enjoying themselves...

while I am just writhing in pain!

Felt some what better after that night.

By this point I was finally dilated to a one...

my doctor told me if I got ONE more kidney stone...

he would start me now that I was at a one.

He didn't want to just keep waiting.

It was probably stressing the baby out AND I was sick of the pain!

Plus he wanted to figure out what the deal was with my kidneys.

Well... I got ANOTHER ONE.

So Tuesday morning, March 24, I had finally had enough.

I called the hospital and they said they would call me back when

they had a room available for me to come in and use.

It wasn't an hour later that they called.

SO IT WAS TIME!!!

Here I am in all my misery!

I have my phone just in case I would need it...

and a heating pad to help with the pain.

It hurt to lay all the way down,

So I had to prop myself up a little.

Tell you what... I didn't sleep great!

The Loratab knocks me out!

As you can see...

sweet Mom getting me in my prime!