Kidney Stones...Round 2!

Caution...this may be a little graphic for some!

So, just to update you on the title of this post...I woke up the tuesday before Thanksgiving with horrible back and side pain.  After some pretty intense pain and 6 or 7 throw-up sessions I finally made it to the hospital.  I had a feeling I had a kidney stone, because I've had them a few times before.  Well, it turns out that I did.  I was at the hospital for the day and was sent home with pain killers and some anti-nausia pills.  Well, three weeks later, to the day (this past tuesday) I woke up around 8 o'clock with horrible pain on the same side as my kidney stones last time.  I automatically knew what was going on.  I thought for sure I could deal with it at home, since I had the pain meds from last time.  The first few hours were ok.  I just slept and the pain meds worked ok.  Well, as the meds wore off I decided it was time for more but the pain came so quickly and it was so intense that I got sick.  You see, when I have pain like that, I get very sick and throw up a lot.  SO, that's what happened.  I kept trying to take pain killers and my anti-nausia meds but I couldn't keep them down.  So, after HOURS of this horrible cycle I finally decided it was time to head to the hospital.  Unfortunately, I couldn't get a hold of my mom and Jer's mom was at work, so I had to wait until we could get a hold of somebody to watch the kids.  Finally, at 5 o'clock in the evening I made my way to the hospital, thanks to Jeremy's dad who made it over to the house.  I wasn't sure exactly what would happen this time, being it was my 2nd time in less than a month.  To make a longer story shorter, I ended up staying the night in the hospital in the maternity ward, so they could monitor the baby at the same time.  Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) I went in for surgery where they put a stent in (it's like a tube that they put in your urethra/urinary tract to open it up to allow stones or whatever to come out on it's own easily).  While they were in there they did find the stone that was causing so much trouble and they got it out.  They opted to keep the stent in though, just in case I had more than one.  They can't do a CT scan, which would tell them a lot, because I'm pregnant, so the stent is more of a precaution.  Luckily, I get this stent out on Monday.  I guess it's a quick procedure, but painful.  Yeah, more pain!  To get an idea of what will happen... I have this string hanging out of me right now, attached to the stent.  When I get it out they'll just pull on it I guess, to get it out.  Fun stuff.  Anyways, I made it home (which is a miracle!)  last night around midnight.  I say it's a miracle because usually after I get out of general anesthesia I'm very groggy and I throw up a lot.  It usually takes me hours and hours to snap out of it, but this time I was up and ready within a couple hours.  They made me stay a little longer than normal though to monitor me for contractions with the baby.  I guess "going under" can cause preterm labor sometimes.  Anyway, I'm home now and feeling much better as far as the pain goes.  I'm a little sore from the surgery, but nothing like before.  I'm just glad to get this over with before Christmas.  Of course, that's what I said last time, except last time it was Thanksgiving! 

I hope that didn't gross anyone out too much!  Sorry if it's too detailed!