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We filled out a couple of forms and headed right to the back. Allie got some morphine which got rid of the pain, but made her feel weird, which\u00a0she didn’t like at all. Then they sent her off for a CT scan. Sure enough she had a kidney stone. The doctor made us an appointment for the next day with a urologist, gave us some prescriptions and got us on our way. I’d recommend that place to anyone. The care was great and the visit was quick and efficient.<\/p>\n
The next day we went to the urologist where Allie got an x-ray that confirmed that she had a big one … 8mm x 11mm.\u00a0 We got an appointment for a lipotripsy<\/a>\u00a0for Friday.\u00a0 Yes, Friday.\u00a0 Allie would have to live on pain killers and anti-nausea pills for three days until the procedure could be done.\u00a0 They actually wanted us to wait until the following Monday since that’s when this urologist would be available, but we were supposed to be headed out of town, so some calls were made and we were able to get Friday.\u00a0 Apparently a kidney stone isn’t an emergency type situation.<\/p>\n Gibby came down Thursday night to watch the kids.\u00a0 We got to the hospital Friday afternoon expecting that we’d get the stone blasted and then we’d be able to hit the road and get halfway to Florida that evening.\u00a0 Once again, the staff and the care were out of this world.\u00a0 We were even ahead of schedule.\u00a0 They got Allie’s IV in and carted her off to the machine.<\/p>\n About twenty minutes later the doctor comes to see me … the doctor that’s supposed to be doing the procedure.\u00a0 This can’t be good.\u00a0 After reassuring me repeatedly that Allison was ok he informed me that the machine had broken.\u00a0 The machine … was … broken.\u00a0 He said we had several options at this point and said that Allison and I should talk it out and decide what to do.\u00a0 It didn’t take long for us to decide that the best option would be to get it out as soon as possible … which meant that evening.<\/p>\n So, we talked to the doctor.\u00a0 We talked to the nurse.\u00a0 We talked to the anesthesiologist, and they carted Allie off to the operating room while I headed to the waiting room.\u00a0 At that point it was all routine.\u00a0 They used a little camera and a little laser to break the thing up and pull it out.\u00a0 Allie came out of the anesthetic very sleepy and very confused, but feeling much better.\u00a0 We picked up new drugs, headed home, let everyone know she was ok, and headed off to bed.<\/p>\n We ended up leaving the house about 1:30pm expecting to get home around dinner time.\u00a0 We ended up getting back about 9:30pm.\u00a0 Things didn’t go as expected but went well regardless.\u00a0 Allison is now kidney stone free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had a great time seeing Gibby, but the evening of Sunday Allison started feeling some pain in her back.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure that she knew what was coming since she’d felt it before, but she was in denial.\u00a0 She … Continue reading