So, this week's been very busy with us being in the hospital. Brandon got his 7 mm kidney stone blasted on Monday here in Logan. We checked in at 11:30, and they finally came to get him at 1:00 for the procedure. He was gone for about an hour, and when he got back, man was he out of it! He asked me a couple of times, "What time is it." Now, this would be normal, except he asked me once, then again about 1 minute later. He also asked, more than once, how long the surgery was. He finally came out of it enough to ask if there were any marks on his back. I looked, and to my surprise there was a circle of red marks - almost rash-like - and one red mark right in the center. I assume they blasted right on the stone first, and then rotated around that spot to several different ones.
They discharged him from the hospital at 4:00, and we went to get his Lortab - good stuff for him, BAD stuff for me - I get bad headaches when I use that stuff. Anyway, he got home and sick nauseous the rest of the evening. Around 9:00 he finally started to feel better, so he ate some dinner before bed. The next day, he stayed downstairs watching TV a good part of the day, and B & I went shopping. Since then, he has passed several little stones (not painfully, though), so it looks like it worked. He'll have a follow-up appt. with his Dr. in a couple of weeks where they'll do more X-rays to make sure the big one is all gone! Then, he just has to work on getting rid of the rest of them.
Also, as for the title - I kept saying surgery (to me, it is. He's knocked out, and they're doing something to his body to get rid of kidney stones.) He says that technically, surgery means to have an incision. And, he's usually right about these things, so I guess he knows what he's talking about. It's a procedure. Although, to my credit, some of the nurses there did call it a surgery! Ha! I've been vindicated!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha!! Ok, ok . . .
They discharged him from the hospital at 4:00, and we went to get his Lortab - good stuff for him, BAD stuff for me - I get bad headaches when I use that stuff. Anyway, he got home and sick nauseous the rest of the evening. Around 9:00 he finally started to feel better, so he ate some dinner before bed. The next day, he stayed downstairs watching TV a good part of the day, and B & I went shopping. Since then, he has passed several little stones (not painfully, though), so it looks like it worked. He'll have a follow-up appt. with his Dr. in a couple of weeks where they'll do more X-rays to make sure the big one is all gone! Then, he just has to work on getting rid of the rest of them.
Also, as for the title - I kept saying surgery (to me, it is. He's knocked out, and they're doing something to his body to get rid of kidney stones.) He says that technically, surgery means to have an incision. And, he's usually right about these things, so I guess he knows what he's talking about. It's a procedure. Although, to my credit, some of the nurses there did call it a surgery! Ha! I've been vindicated!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha!! Ok, ok . . .
Brandon before his procedure
Brandon, after his procedure - he was LOOPY!!
1 comment:
Oh, man, glad he's feeling better!! Kidney stones are NO good!!
And I can't do Lortab, either. I took it once after I had a root canal, and within minutes after taking it, if I couldn't instantly fall asleep, I would be WICKED nauseous and couldn't move because I felt SO sick. So I'm glad it helps him!!
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