more thrills in our lives

While I was here:



Zach and the kids went through this:





Sunday night I went to bed just fine, despite the thunderstorm outside. A couple of hours later I awoke with the worst back pain. No matter what I did it wouldn't go away and kept getting worse. I had taken Tylenol before I went to bed, was trying heating pads and every position possible. I was in so much pain I was moaning. Zach woke up and suggested I try to sit in the rocking chair so I came downstairs. I knew I needed to get to the hospital but really hated to have to wake him and the kids up to drive all that way again. It was after midnight by this time. The kids were tired from being out late at the hospital Friday night and having a late night Sat. night too. I felt terrible to have to wake them again, but seriously what else was I to do? It really stinks living somewhere where you don't know anybody to sit with your kids in these situations. I know people from church but they all live further from the hospital! I met neighbors but hardly know them to leave my kids with them (or to wake them in the middle of the night).



Anyway, I finally told Zach we'd better head to the hospital again. Good thing I brought a 'puke bucket' because on the way there I got sick. It was miserable. I can't even recall the order of things. They began giving Demerol for the pain and that helped. They said it was a kidney stone and I had to get x-rays to see where it was. There are actually 2 stones in there. Because I am pregnant and because of risks to baby they went ahead and put a J-stent in until after I have the baby. So, my precious baby was exposed to the x-ray, anesthesia, my surgery and who knows what else. I'm very thankful that she is still fine (she's an active one). I was out of it all day yesterday with all the pain meds. I was able to come home yesterday afternoon/evening and just vegged and slept. I'm on meds and I'm still tired. This stint goes from my bladder to my kidney. It is miserable- I feel like I have to pee every single minute. I'm thinking I may ask if we can induce labor a bit early so that I can be rid of this quicker. It would also give us a date on when my mom comes down so we don't have to worry about child care. It's not exactly fun sitting in a hospital alone! But, what can you do, somebody had to stay with the kids!

Anyway, I'm home now and doing ok. For some reason the right side of my back is starting to hurt and that worries me a bit as I hope there aren't stones over there too. I feel like one walking mess lately! I have Tylenol with codeine to take for pain, but with being pregnant and having to watch the three kiddos I am not sure I want to take it!

While I was in the hospital Zach drove home through a terrible storm. I guess it was so bad he eventually pulled over and just began praying. I guess there was lightning in all directions, it was pitch black, windy and rainy. He said he swore he saw a funnel cloud but it was hard to tell because it was so dark. I'm so glad they made it home ok! I had no idea it was that stormy! Apparently at our house the tornado sirens went off and we had like 80 mph winds. Our trampoline blew across the street and is ruined! A screen blew off of a window and our storm gutter is a bit messed up. Our neighbors deck is destroyed. I'm sure I would have been terrified if I'd been here for it all! What is next!?!?!?