A Week in the Hosptial

Friday I went in for surgery to replace the nephrostomy bag.(I'm supposed to do this every 4 weeks)The surgeon was convinced that this was going to be an easy procedure and would only take five minutes. We all know how my kidneys like to create more calcium than normal and calcified my stint (that's still in me).Well I calcified the tube too. So when he opened me up he said it looked like someone had poured concrete in my kidney.

 Since this was supposed to be quick and easy I was wake while he dug out the calcium in my kidney. This was the most painful experience I think I've ever been through. The nurse in the OR was very sweet rubbing my head and wiping away my tears just like my mom would have.

Now I need to have surgery every two weeks to change out the tube. An hour and a half later I finally made it to my room in Antepartum. The first two days I was in more pain than I'd ever been in. They had to triple the amount of pain meds they were giving me through the IV for the pain to go down.

 In order for me to go home I need to be able to maintain my pain with oral meds. I started switching between oral and IV meds on Tuesday and was hoping to make it all day Wednesday on just oral meds and go home that night. However, around 3:00 I took my oral meds and an hour later my pain level went up instead of down causing me to need the IV meds. This morning I woke up feeling good and able to maintain my pain on the oral meds and was able to go home around 4:00! My mom picked me up and took me to her house so I don't have to sit around the house by myself.

Even though the surgeon thinks the next time I have surgery will be easier since we're doing it sooner my OB doctor still thinks I'll spend a week in the hospital recovering like I have every other time I've had surgery.

Now that I have to have surgery on my kidney every two weeks my OB doctor wants to move up the induction date for Reese. Monday, April 15 she'll run a test on Reese's lungs to see if they are developed enough. If they are then I'll be induced the next day. I'll be 36 weeks at that time.

I've tried to stay positive about everything that's happening to me since December but it's starting to get really hard. Every time I go in for surgery they find something else wrong with me or some kind of problem causing me more pain. I just want to be back to my normal self so I can move and do things like a normal person. Sitting in bed or the couch all day is really getting old and depressing.

Luckily while I was in the hospital all week we didn't have to worry about Ryleigh. We had already planned for her to spend the week with her Paw paw and Sha Sha in Destin, FL. I've talked to her everyday and even been able to Facetime her. She's having a good time.

I appreciate everyone who has supported me, held my hand, cried with me and prayed for me during this difficult time. I'm blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!