update:

a bit after i wrote that post sunday night, i had to go back to the ER. i couldn't hold any liquids [i threw up like 10 times in a span of a few hours, and one of those times included when waiting for meds at walgreens. lovely, huh?] and couldn't use the restroom [at all]. so josh drove me back and i had to wait in the lobby for over an hour to get admitted. ER waiting rooms are SO annoying. they say people are admitted based on "the severity of their ailment". that's a lie. a girl who came in after i did with a swollen foot, and a boy who came in well after i did with a cut finger BOTH went in before me. i'm like *hellooo...there is a KIDNEY STONE stuck inside of me, i can't stop throwing up, and I CAN'T PEE!!!* it was slightly frustrating to say the least.

when i finally got admitted i got my own little room in the ER and the doctor came and checked me out. now, because i was on pain meds and zofran the whole time, the order in which things happened is a little unclear to me. i think sunday morning i had gotten a catscan, which is when they determined the stone was 4.5 mm. apparently that is on the border of a stone being passable (up to 4 mm) by yourself, or too big that you need help (4+ mm). so when i was having all that trouble sunday night, they decided to admit me to the hospital (not just the ER). it took forever [of course] for this to happen, but around 1am i finally got set up in my own room upstairs. i made josh go home around 12:40, since he was silly enough not to eat anything all day, and had to work the next morning. oh, i also got a catheter sunday night, which sucked.

monday morning i was woken up by a guy who told me i needed an xray done. i'm pretty sure i rolled over and ignored him several times before it became clear to me that it was real life and i needed to wake up. i'm sure i looked worse than a hot mess (although i didnt have my contacts in so i wouldnt reallly know) as i got wheeled down to get an xray done. they were checking the location of the stone to see exactly what needed to be done. well, the stone was right under my kidney so they couldn't just take it out. so i got put under and they put a stint up there to help until i could get another surgery to blast the stone up into a ton of pieces. josh skipped work to come be with me, which was really sweet, and his parents came and visited too. after the stint was in place i was wheeled back up to my room apparently (i was knocked out). when i woke up i almost immediately pushed the button for pain meds. it started beeping and then going crazy and i was all worried. the nurse came in and was like "did this go off all by itself?!" and i guiltily admitted, "umm...i pushed it..." busted! haha.

a bit later i had to get another x-ray to make sure where everything was located again, and afterwards the x-ray tech was like "is there a wire on you?" i had no idea what she was talking about, and she even looked at my stomach, before she finally asked, "did they put some kind of tube in you?" and i was like "ohhhhh...they put a stint in there." it was pretty funny. around 7pm i was finally allowed to go home. we went back to walgreens and got more drugs, but i didnt throw up this time. the guy working remembered us and said that was the first time someone ever barfed at the pharmacy when he was working haha. i was embarassed, but then he shared a story that made me feel better about myself (think of a husband taking birth control for his wife because it made her sick, them getting pregnant, and having no idea how it happened hahaha). thankfully monday night i could start eating real food, and our friends brought us panda express over.

so tomorrow (wednesday) i am getting the stone blasted up. today i am at home all hopped up on drugs and drinking tons of fluids. this has been quite an interesting experience, and one i hope to never go through again. unfortunately they say if you ever get one, theyre easier to get again. phooey! anyways, thanks to everyone who has been so nice and brought us food, visited, etc. i heart you all.