Just wanted to let you all know that Dina is still feeling fabulous and looking just as great! Short hair is very appealing to her...I MUST get a picture of my two girls together with me...I think it might be the last and only time they will both have short hair...the caption might read something like: 'Can you tell which is the mother and which is the daughter?' Ha Ha...only the "color " of hair can tell for sure!!!
As you all know, I have been dealing with a UTI since the lung surgery (last November 25). It actually showed its ugly head mid December. So I have been treating it since that time and while I did get some relief while on the various antibiotics, it was always back as soon as I finished. After the last round, and I had just started up again, I could tell things were not good. So I went in for more testing. The doctor seemed to think that perhaps the five kidney stones that we knew were in my left kidney (from all the scans I had prior to the lung surgery) was harboring the bacteria making it difficult if not IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of it. Last Thursday I was in day surgery for a laser lithotripsy. I went in at 9:30 am, had the surgery about 10:45, was scheduled to leave at 2:30 pm, actually left at 7 PM! Hmmm...I don't do so well with pain pills and anesthetic it seems. I was quite nauseous in the recovery room and stayed an hour and a half longer than planned. And I had some vomiting issues in both recovery and in my room. Okay...I was finally able to go home and went right to bed and pretty much slept away the first two days at home. The surgery was a little more invasive and intensive than originally planned. The largest of the little stones back in the fall was measured at 5 mm....what the doctor faced was a boulder about 2.5 CM! (That is about an inch!) He was absolutely correct in assuming the bacteria latched onto the stones... and it grew and grew...very rapidly! the surgery itself took longer, he had a lot to blast away, he tried getting in there and pulling it out, but was unable to do so. I have a stent which will come out next Monday and I shudder to think what will come out with it and afterwards. This type of bacteria which I am growing is almost impossible to get rid of once it gets into the kidney...much easier in the bladder. Scott and I have been doing some reading and we have lots of questions to ask the doctor when we see him on Monday. It seems I may always have this and since I seem to make stones, I may have this procedure done many more times in my lifetime and will need to be on a low dosage of antibiotics for the rest of my life...well, let's not get ahead of ourselves, those are just possibilities...there could always be a miracle!
So how am I feeling? Really not so great. I stopped the pain pills and only taking ibuprofen and that seems to be working for me. I have a lot of burning, and cramping and back aches, and generally just feeling very yucky. I am hoping once the stent comes out, some of those symptoms will disappear. I am continuing with the low dosage of antibiotic, plus a hormonal drug, plus the cranberry capsules, and the 1000 mg of vitamin C.
Oh...and I am not bothered one bit by this rain...if I have to feel crummy, why not have the weather be just as bad!
Now for some good news. Bill Foelker's house sold before we even put it on the market! Someone stopped by while the inside was being painted and left a card. Scott called and he has given us earnest money!! Yeah! That was easy! Then, we started looking at houses with Lacey hoping she could find something and move into a house a little bit bigger for her family. She found one in Hebb Park and made an offer and it was accepted. That put her and Aaron on Fast Track to get their own home cleaned up, fixed up, repaired, painted and everything else that two dogs and three wild kids can do to a house. In very short time, they managed all of that and the day we left for Disneyland, May 16, her house went on the market and the next day someone offered full price for it! Yahoo!! It looks like this summer will be a big move for Lacey...a five bedroom and bathroom home, TV rooms, bedroom for each of the kiddos and their house guest, Aaron's step sister. I will post some pictures soon...!!
That's it friends! I will let you know what the doctor says on Monday!!
Glad to hear that Dina is doing so well, that the houes were sold so quikckly (wow, try that in the Netherlands, no way). But your own news is not so good, I do hope things will work out in the most positive way for you!
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I hope that the doctors have been successful in treating your kidney stone issues and that you feel better now. I will call you in a few days so we can get an update from both sides. Love you!! Hugs from Anne Brita.