hopefully the next time we get away it won't be to a hospital. My cute hubby had a very large kidney stone that was too big to pass, too big to laser, and so it needed to be removed by surgery. On Wednesday he was supposed to go in for an outpatient procedure, to get a tube put in his body, after which he would have to return Thursday morning for the actual removal surgery. What was supposed to be in and out on Wednesday turned into excruciating pain that ended up getting Jeber admitted. Anyway, after a horrible day Wednesday, Thursday went well--they were able to stab his kidney enough times to break up the stone into smaller pieces and pull them all out of his body. We stayed Wednesday night, Thursday night, and went home Friday night. (Don't worry, I finally figured out on Thursday night that the chair I was sleeping on actually did recline.) Jeber got to share a room with a noisy and interesting 90year old man--that was interesting. I got to change Jeber's bandages at home on Saturday night and experienced what it is like to pass out. Thank you Juan for coming to the rescue and finishing the job! He got the tube removed today and said he is feeling much better--he doesn't even need the pain medication anymore--Thank goodness! Too bad the antibiotics they put him on have given him a rash. I guess now we know of a medication that he is allergic to. Anyway, thanks to mom, dad, Barb, and Clay for your help and visits--they were much appreciated!
Feeling the pain
After lots of very strong pain medication!
That's just not natural. That's the smaller tube that was in his body that got replaced with a larger tube later.
"I love my wife!"--I'm pretty sure that's what he's thinking in this picture
WHAT AN ADVENTURE!
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Such a cute couple!
Did you really pass out? Or did you just feel like you were going to pass out?
Okay...so I didn't really pass out. I was almost finished with the job. It had taken me like 20 minutes to get the bandages off because they were stuck to the tube really well and I was trying so hard to get the adhesive off of the tube without jerking the tube out of the gaping hole in Jeber's back. I finally got the bandages off and then was stuck staring at the thing coming out of his body while I figured out how to put new bandages back on. I started to feel very shaky and my head started spinning. I tried to keep working until Jeber asked, "Megan, are you okay?" And then I had to run away to try to compose myself, leaving Jeber standing there with his gaping wound exposed. After about a minute I returned and tried to finish the task at hand, feeling barely better, when it started to feel worse and Jeber said, "Megan, look at yourself in the mirror." I glanced in the mirror only long enough to see how horribly white my face was before I ran off again to put my head in between my legs(hey! that's what they do in the movies) and Jeber informed me he was calling a professional to finish the job--that's where Juan comes in.
Oh dear--just thinking about it gets me all worked up. It was a terrifying experience! I have been fine looking at and even cleaning the hole since then, I think it was just seeing this weird, unnatural thing (the tube)coming out of his body and knowing that one little slip of the hand or jerk in the wrong direction could tear the thing out of his body. Ugh!
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