This made me smile

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Jan 21, 2010

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My son.

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Liam O’Connor

I had a kidney stone. A 7mm x 2mm kidney stone. I had it removed about a week and a half ago and just got the stint removed today. It has been a long and painful process which will probably involve anotherweek or so of mild pain.

When I first went to the E.R. I went because I was seeing blood where there should not be blood, not because of pain. It hurt a little, but at that point it was more scary than painful. I managed to find a urologist and get it checked out on Christmas eve and scheduled the removal surgary for the following week. Still, only intermittent pain.

I went in for surgury, got knocked out, and had the stone lasered and removed, had a stint put in, and had a lot of intense meds. This is where the pain started. Recovery has been the most painful part. At times it was painful even to stand up. I did go back to work the next day and just took my pain meds and powered through it, but it was unpleasant to say the least.

I went back today to have the stint removed. Now, up to this point I thought the stint was a small. When I went in I found out that I would be consious for this procedure and that there would only be a little local anestetic used at “the point of entry.” I walked in and saw the nurse cleaning a quite terrifying tool (that’s the thing in the picture) and sat down awaiting certain doom.

The procedure was pretty darn painful. It was at the end of this proceedure I was informed [showed] the stint that was actually about a foot long. All of the pain made a little more sense after that.

I hope to back to 100% in a couple days, but just like last time, I’ll be back at work tomorrow.

Jan 04, 2010

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Our little ducky bath mat was covering its eyes because it didn’t want
to watch me go to the bathroom.

Jan 03, 2010 – Diaper Desert

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(It’s really pudding & chocolate bits. It was part of a game.)

Jan 02. 2010

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Andella in her snuggie enjoying a cozy evening at home.

Day 001/365 Recovery

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Starting the new year in recovery mode. Recovering from getting a
kidney stone removed.

Happy condiments

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