Stones

I have kidney stones. Four of them. This is why I haven't been posting. I have had them for a while without knowing it (I thought I had just a regular UTI). One of them is very large, and was creating a blockage in my left kidney, which then created a life-threatening infection. I've been in the hospital for a week, and I finally was told last night that if I really wanted to go home that I could try to last out the remainder of my illness on my couch. Missing my babies and my boyfriend terribly, I jumped at the chance. It may have been a huge mistake, because I'm in an extreme amount of pain that isn't as easily maintained here at home as it is in the hospital, but I'm trying to manage.

I had surgery on Thursday to put a stent in my left kidney to drain the infection and prepare it for another surgery where they will go in and remove the large stones. Another thing that I found out while I was in the hospital is that a have a congenital disorder called a Horseshoe kidney. Aparently it is the most common renal fusion anomoly. In English that basically means that I was born with one kidney rather than two. When I was in the womb, my kidneys didn't form correctly and instead of separating into two, they are joined together into one. They are joined by an isthmus, which is just a fancy word for tunnel, basically.

So, long story short, I'm alive, and I'll be ok. I'm going to take a time out for a while, though, to heal. Love to you all!