Last night was a long and very frustrating evening for me but for Kurt, my youngest son it was an extremely long and painful night. Last week, September 8 Kurt woke up doubled over in pain complaining of right sided pain in the abdomen and back. I took him to the ER where they diagnosed him with a kidney stone. They gave him plenty of pain killer , took a CAT scan which found a 3mm kidney stone and sent us home with a Rx for Vicodin. Well, we naively thought he'd passed the stone since he had no more pain and we hoped it was all behind him. However, last night Kurt began to feel uncomfortable so he took the Vicodin but by 10PM the pain was increasing and we decided to return to the ER.
Well..... here is where the story takes a turn for the worse because the ER was full and by now Kurt couldn't even walk,grimacing, rapid breathing and tears falling from his eyes didn't convince the Triage nurse that he needed attention. So...... almost 4 hours later, yes you read it right , four hours later he was finally seen and he got relief with some IV Dilaudid.
That time spent in the ER was very lonely, frustrating and left me feeling so helpless as I watched my soon to be 22 year old son writhe in severe pain for four hours!!! It was a horrible experience and hopefully he will soon pass this kidney stone. Interestingly enough, the ER doctor said the stone was probably passing through the bifurcation of the ureters which is the narrowest area and thus the extreme pain. He also said that this could be Kurt's one and only kidney stone or he might be a person that has one every month!!! Whoa, that's enough to put some fear into you!!
Kurt describes the pain, now that it is being managed as feeling like someone takes a knife they have dipped in rock salt and then stabbed him in his abdomen toward his back. Poor guy. Prayers for his recovery are requested. Today he has been at home taking the Rx and straining his urine. They liken a kidney stone to having a baby so, at this point Kurt is still in labor and we're awaiting the arrival of "Little Stone"
2 comments:
yikes! You should have called me! I love sitting in emergency rooms with people in pain! NOT! Honestly though...give me a call. Kurt, Sorry to hear of your ordeal. Let's call it your one and only K? K!
Let's hope the "little stone" isn't 9 lbs 14 oz when it is delivered, because I don't think pregnant boys get epidurals ;)
Hope Kurt is feeling better soon. Oh and I agree with Bob, the one and only!
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