The meeting Monday was a rousing success. (Whew!!!) Unfortunately the pains came back (argghhh!) and my phone call to the urology department was an utter failure. The secretary had no record she could find in her system of my consult and wouldn’t give me the time of day without it. Eventually the pain was bad enough to convince us of another try at the ER. Fortunately this time the ER doc arranged a CT scan, which clearly showed a large obstructing stone high up near the kidney. The CT system however was at the opposite end of the building and I was not allowed to walk… Wheelchair ride!
Tammy and Johann accompanied me to the CT scanner and the orderly asked Johann if he wanted to push me back… Oi! My 8 year old son pushing me a 1/4 mile through the hallways! Johann had a blast and handled it brilliantly. I think he was speeding a bit, but he managed to navigate a few tight spaces and didn’t dump me down the stairs so no complaints. He does love to help, and he has been feeling pretty helpless regarding my condition so I really appreciate that orderly. Of course I think I’ll pass on his suggestion to give Johann the keys to the car!
The ER doc said urology would see me the next day as a stand by patient on his consult request (he called one of the urology docs at home) so off we went once more the next morning for a stand by.
Good news?
Yep, after another 5 hours at the hospital, and two more bureaucratic SNAFU ‘s, I’m scheduled for surgery tomorrow. Hopefully it will be the only surgery needed (last time round, it took two to get the job done).
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I know this probably sounds stupid, but I am SO jealous…
flipped over here from your kind comment to catch up on what you guys are up to and….ouch!! my thoughts sent to you for a swift and pain free recovery!!
(and going to check flickr to look for garden photos…)
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