Quotes and such from my day.....
9:00 "My side really hurts, but I am going to ignore it."
9:15 "Jeri, this is Barbara do you want to go to the park?"
9:16 "We would love to go to the park!"
10:00 "I am dying!"
10:15 "Wyatt don't rub my back your hand is so hot."
10:16 "Sorry Mom, I was trying to give you some comfort."
10:17 "Mommy are you okay? Can you walk? I thought you were going to take us to the park." This ended with Talia crying.
10:18 "Lincoln, I am dying. Can you take me to the doctor."
10:19 "Can you wait an hour?"
10:20 "NO!"
10:25 "Do you need me to take your kids?" (Barbara, Bless her!)
11:15 "Ouch!"-Me
"That is your appendix. Go in for a CT scan to rule out appendicitis." -Doctor
11:35 "You will need an authorization code,and a negative blood pregnancy test before we can do the scan. Can you come in next Thursday?"
11:36 Bawling. "I will die by next Thursday."
12:00 "Lincoln can you get off your (million dollar) call, and drive me to the emergency room?"
12:01 "Can you wait 20 minutes?"
12:01 Shaking head, tears.
12:02 On our way to the emergency room.
2:00 Triage- IV in my hand...so annoying.
2:15 Feed Simone in the waiting room....that IV was so annoying.
2:50 "Look at that giant Texas cinnamon roll!" (Lincoln) I ate a granola bar in the morning, and I was starving. They said I couldn't eat or drink anything. Lincoln thought it was funny to talk about food.
3:00 "I took my friend in to the ER in college. We thought it was her appendix, but it was just gas."-Nurse
3:02 "Please Heavenly Father don't let this be just gas."
3:25 "Does this hurt?"- Doctor punches me in the back.
3:30 "If this is just gas, I am going to tease you about this for the rest of your life. When you are 80 I will still tease you about it."
4:00 "Take a deep breath and hold it."
"You may breath." CT scan machine....aka the big doughnut.
4:50 Feed Simone in ER.
6:30 Nap
6:50 "You are passing two kidney stones. One 5 mm stone, and one 7 mm stone. You have several more stones in both kidneys."
7:00 "I missed my flight to Florida, but I am not going to take a later one."
7:05 "On the way home let's stop at JCW's and get you some food." Still starving...and this is in UTAH! How cruel.
7:15 "Look at my sleeves, they are covered in baby drool." (Lincoln)
8:00 "Thank you for watching my kids all day!" It rained while they were there, so Barbara had to put up with Scaredy Cat Wyatt.
9:00 "I am so full! I am going to die. Thanks for getting us food sweetie!"
Good things about today.
*I didn't have to drink the contrast. That is the dye they have to use to see the appendix. I was told by a nurse that it tastes like rotten skunk. Yummo.
*My kids were so worried about me, and were so cute about it.
* I am grateful that is wasn't just gas.
*I am grateful that Babara called me to go to the park, and was so willing to take my kids for the entire day!
*I am glad Lincoln was home, and got to stay home. Next time he has to fly out, I may be tempted to fake a kidney stone.
*I am glad Chinook (Christie's dog- I am watching) didn't have an accident while we were gone ALL DAY.
*I am glad it wasn't my appendix. That would have been too much right now.
9:15 "Jeri, this is Barbara do you want to go to the park?"
9:16 "We would love to go to the park!"
10:00 "I am dying!"
10:15 "Wyatt don't rub my back your hand is so hot."
10:16 "Sorry Mom, I was trying to give you some comfort."
10:17 "Mommy are you okay? Can you walk? I thought you were going to take us to the park." This ended with Talia crying.
10:18 "Lincoln, I am dying. Can you take me to the doctor."
10:19 "Can you wait an hour?"
10:20 "NO!"
10:25 "Do you need me to take your kids?" (Barbara, Bless her!)
11:15 "Ouch!"-Me
"That is your appendix. Go in for a CT scan to rule out appendicitis." -Doctor
11:35 "You will need an authorization code,and a negative blood pregnancy test before we can do the scan. Can you come in next Thursday?"
11:36 Bawling. "I will die by next Thursday."
12:00 "Lincoln can you get off your (million dollar) call, and drive me to the emergency room?"
12:01 "Can you wait 20 minutes?"
12:01 Shaking head, tears.
12:02 On our way to the emergency room.
2:00 Triage- IV in my hand...so annoying.
2:15 Feed Simone in the waiting room....that IV was so annoying.
2:50 "Look at that giant Texas cinnamon roll!" (Lincoln) I ate a granola bar in the morning, and I was starving. They said I couldn't eat or drink anything. Lincoln thought it was funny to talk about food.
3:00 "I took my friend in to the ER in college. We thought it was her appendix, but it was just gas."-Nurse
3:02 "Please Heavenly Father don't let this be just gas."
3:25 "Does this hurt?"- Doctor punches me in the back.
3:30 "If this is just gas, I am going to tease you about this for the rest of your life. When you are 80 I will still tease you about it."
4:00 "Take a deep breath and hold it."
"You may breath." CT scan machine....aka the big doughnut.
4:50 Feed Simone in ER.
6:30 Nap
6:50 "You are passing two kidney stones. One 5 mm stone, and one 7 mm stone. You have several more stones in both kidneys."
7:00 "I missed my flight to Florida, but I am not going to take a later one."
7:05 "On the way home let's stop at JCW's and get you some food." Still starving...and this is in UTAH! How cruel.
7:15 "Look at my sleeves, they are covered in baby drool." (Lincoln)
8:00 "Thank you for watching my kids all day!" It rained while they were there, so Barbara had to put up with Scaredy Cat Wyatt.
9:00 "I am so full! I am going to die. Thanks for getting us food sweetie!"
Good things about today.
*I didn't have to drink the contrast. That is the dye they have to use to see the appendix. I was told by a nurse that it tastes like rotten skunk. Yummo.
*My kids were so worried about me, and were so cute about it.
* I am grateful that is wasn't just gas.
*I am grateful that Babara called me to go to the park, and was so willing to take my kids for the entire day!
*I am glad Lincoln was home, and got to stay home. Next time he has to fly out, I may be tempted to fake a kidney stone.
*I am glad Chinook (Christie's dog- I am watching) didn't have an accident while we were gone ALL DAY.
*I am glad it wasn't my appendix. That would have been too much right now.
posted by Jeri at 6:32 PM
18 Comments:
Same here. I would much rather have given birth. I could relate to every second of your day. When I was preggers with Brooklyn, I had an appendectomy in my first month (and yes, the drink tastes like dead skunk and smells like it too). Then in my 4th month I had Kidney Stones. By the time I had to give birth, it seemed like a piece of cake in comparison. The scariest thing for me when I got my kidney stones was that I knew it wasn’t my appendices because it was gone, so I really thought I was going to die. I couldn’t think of anything else it could be. Thank goodness for drugs!
Hope you are feeling better.
Wow, what a yucky day. Are you felling better, or is there more pain to come? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Oh wow! You are a trooper! I'm so glad to hear Lincoln is in town. I'll run right over and paint your toenails. You'll feel better in a jiffy!
Hahaha...can't stop laughing! Travis is going to REALLY love me for that one! Opps! Of course you knew it was me, right? I hope you feel better really soon. Sorry, I'm sure that belly laugh didn't help any!
Wow, Jeri. That is not such a fun day. I have a mini kidney stone story of my own, and let's just say you've got lots of empathy for the PAIN you must have been in. Definitely bloggable (and what a fun way to do it, pain notwithstanding).
The doctor wouldn't even tell me how many more. I kept asking. He would say "several", or "quite a few". ARG! I have to go see a urologist.
Kaylynn! I remember your appendectomy and kidney stones...I was your VT at the time. I felt so bad for you! I made you a meal, and you are the pickiest eater on the planet! =)
Lincoln is scheduled to be out of town a lot. I know I know..the internet...but I hope he can cancel some of it and be here. I am sore today, but doing fine.
OH sheesh! What a pain, literally! I am so sorry and that is such a weird dumb thing to have to deal with. I hope it all "passes" as quickly as possible.
Wow, that was so cheesy. It is all very hearftfelt it just came out silly.:)
Oh no!!! That is just horrible Jeri!!! I feel so much sympathy for you - kidney stones suck in every way!! I wish there was something I could do... I just hope they gave you some major pain medicine to help you through it!! And I hope that there are not too many more to pass!!! Wow...
But I am going to tell you the funny side to passing a kidney stone - you are now part of the Kidney Stone Club!! When ever you talk to someone else who's had one you will exchange your whole long stories. It's kind of like child birth stories, but you get to hear the craziest stories from the most unlikely people!! My OBGYN told me about the kidney stone he passed while on call to deliver a baby!
But I really really hope you get feeling better soon and the urologist has good news for you - sometimes they can do treatments to break up the kidney stones so that you don't have the same kind of pain... Keep us updated on how you are!!
Oh man, I seriously laughed out loud over the nurse quote. I have to confess that I've been known to say similar things. In fact, I may have even said that to Amy when she wound up having a ruptured appendix. Oops. Sorry sis.
As I like to tell my patients when they are having trouble peeing/pooping and I am sending them back to sit on the commode, "hope everything comes out ok". Stones and all.
Oh... pain! I have heard that stones really really hurt! ((HUGS))
OH friend, I could've just read this and you would'nt have had to tell me the whole story in the hallway. This is LAME. PLEASE call me to watch your kids. Xavier would weep with pleasure if Wyatt got to come over :)
*HUGS* times a thousand!!!!!!I am so sorry that you had to go through that! I have never heard any good thing about kidney stones as far as pain goes!! poor Jeri!!!! I hope there are NO MORE..EVER!
BIG HUGS
Jeri, you crack me up. I can't believe you remember that. I didn't even remember you were my visiting teacher then. That is funny. I feel so bad that you had to bring me dinner cause I truely AM the pickiest eater on the planet. I am so sorry. That is why, more often than not, I tend to turn down meals even though it would be a great help.
And, were you really here just 4 years ago. It seems like you have been gone forever. I really miss you so much. You were fun to talk photography with and I enjoyed visiting with you just in general.
WOW !!! Whad I miss???!?!?!?! Oh dear, I am so sorry. Sorry for your pain, and sorry that my stupid dog is in the mix. :-) I'm coming to grab him in the morning. :-) Oh dear, tell me what I can do for you?
i don't know. i think kidney stones are probably neck and neck with the appendix. i'm so sorry. NO FUN! but i am glad that lincoln was there for you. let me know if i can take the kids or anything for you!
Holy cow!!!! NO fun. Please, that's horrible. I am so glad it wasn't gas though. I always put off calling the doctor, because it's always nothing--but who knows when it could be kidney stones, eh? Oh, I hope you feel better soon.
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