Bullets new trick

We love seeing Bullet do new things. Last night Trent called me at work and said he had a surprise for me. He sent me a video and we just had Bullet to do it again. We just love our little Boo, he is so Smart.

Just wanted to show everybody his new trick.

STONEY, STONEY, BE GONEY???

Today we went for Trent's Ureteroscopy. Before the procedure we got an xray and the stone was still in the exact spot of course. No surprise. Dr. Khim said he thought he was going to get in there and it be rock hard solid. Also he has 2 more spots that are going to have to be monitored closely. 1 still in the right kidney and today something else showed up in a different spot than the previous stone on the left side. The doctor said it may not be in the kidney, it may just be shadowing from something in his intestines but we will watch it closely for a possible kidney stone. Anyways, after the procedure Dr. Khim said "well something very crazy happened while I was in there". Apparently the lithotripsy somewhat worked but not totally. He said when he got in there, the stone was all compacted into 1 still lodged in that same spot but when he hit it with the scope, it crumbled into tons of little pieces. Since it crumbled into so many pieces, he did not have to do as much as what he thought he was going to have to do therefore, he did not have to place the stent he originally told us he was going to do. He also said since the stent did not have to be placed, Trent should recover much quicker. Needless to say, Trent was more than happy not to have the stent. Not long after we got home, Trent was in some pretty Severe horrendous pain around the front side near his groin. Sounds as if the stones were moving on through the tract cause the pain he was having he said was the pain he normally has when passing stones. Right now he is a little sore but not as bad as a little earlier. Before leaving, Dr. Khim said "have fun on your trip". Dr did not think it would be a problem for us to go and said Trent should be feeling pretty good. As of now, we plan on leaving out tomorrow sometime to go to Gatlinburg. Hallelujah thank God. We needed to get away so bad.

Anywho, I think and hope this will be the last kidney stone update. We follow up with him on December 1st but hopefully everything will go good then.

And the Kidney Stone Journey continues......

So, I dont think this madness will ever end. We went back to Dr. Khim today to get the progress on the Lithotripsy from last week and follow up from Friday's ER visit. Good news and Bad news!!!

GOOD NEWS: He had such severe pain on Friday in his left side and he could not even stand so we went to the ER. According to the xray taken today, he PASSED the stone that was in his LEFT kidney. So that one is now gone and we no longer have to worry about it.

BAD NEWS: The one that was in his right Ureter which is the one they done the Lithotripsy on is still there. It is still lodged in the exact same spot that it has been in for 4 weeks now. The Lithotripsy did help somewhat due to it knocking fragments off the stone and making it smaller however even though it is smaller it is still not moving.

We now go in on Friday to have the Ureteroscopy done where they actually go in with the basket to remove it. Depending on the size, they still may have to use lasar and bust it up some before grabbing it. He will also have a stent placed after the procedure for a few days.

We were supposed to go to Gatlinburg on Saturday however I think that may be a no go. Trent is very persistant on still going due to this being the 2nd Gatlinburg trip it may cancel but I just done think it would be very wise to go so far right after the procedure.

Anyways, I reckon that is going on these days but thought I would update everyone.

When will all this insanity / maddness ever end?

So figured I would give a quick update since Trent's Lithotripsy. He had 1 stone in left kidney, 1 stone in the right kidney, and 1 in the right uretur. They do not cause any problems while in the kidney therefore during the Lithotripsy they targeted only the right ureter stone as hard as they could. Today Trent woke up with SEVERE PAIN in his LEFT SIDE and BLOOD in his URINE. 2 things bad about this. 1) Pain on left side and not right 2) doctor said should see blood in urine for 24 hours after procedure than it should pretty much stop and if it starts back to where you can actually see it, to call him immediately. We called Dr. Khim office the Urologist and he was not in today due to him being in surgeries all day therefore they told us to go to the ER. We kinda feel like the ER was a lost cause however we did find out there is high amounts of blood in the urine and they done a xray and some blood work to check for infectoin and also gave him pain meds and fluids via IV. Anyways, the ER doctor could not tell much by the xray however said their was definately blood in the urine with no kidney infections and the Urologist would be able to take a better look at the xray on Wednesday when he follows up with Trent then. Said Dr. Khim the urologist would be able to see it better and more clear than he would since the Urologist is used to looking at stones on an xray. We are thinking the pain on the left side is due to the stone in the LEFT KIDNEY coming loose and he is actually trying to pass yet ANOTHER STONE. I just feel so bad for him but really there is not much we can do until following up with Dr. Khim on Wednesday. We are just wondering when everything is gonna slow down and he is gonna start feeling better. Trent did get approved off of work as long as noone on his shift gets sick so we are supposed to be leaving for Gatlinburg next Saturday. Hopefully we can get him fully recovered and actully get to go. We need to go the land of FAR FAR AWAY for a while.

Lithotripsy

Just a little update on Trent procedure from Monday. Before the procedure started the doctor took a look at the stone and said that it was still in the exact same spot as it was from the first week therefore it has not budged in 3 weeks and still just lodged in there. He also said before the procedure that it appeared to be 5mm to 6mm when before they were saying 4mm to 5mm. Dr. said everything went well during the procedure and he hit it right on the stone as hard as he could but unfortunately he could not tell any difference from before he started to after. He said that was not unusual however with Trent's stuck where it was he was keeping his fingers crossed and hoping everything went well but unsure. We will go back on Wednesday to follow up and get another xray and reevaluate it to see if it done it's job. He had the procedure on Monday and Tuesday morning at about 1am he started noticing very small pieces as small as sand in his strainer. There has only been about 10 very very small pieces and he has not had anything since about 2pm on Tuesday but we are hoping that is a good sign that it worked. We are just waiting around for the bigger pieces to come on out so we will know. Guess we will see on Wednesday.

Anywho, as long as things go the way they are expected, we will be heading to Gatlinburg next weekend. Hopefully we will get good news to where we can actually go this time.

Other than Trent, not much new is going on . We haven't had time for anything different.

Just wanted to post a few pictures of my work of art (cross stitching) in progress. It is taking a while however it isn't taking as long as what I thought it would only being my second one. I had done one several years ago and one night I had a patient that was cross stitching and made me want to do it again. I looked and looked and could not find one for me however found one that matches my mom kitchen perfect.

This was my first cross stitching ever. I made it for Trent right after he got out of the academy.

This is a picture of what my current project should look like when finished.

And this is my progress on it. This was the last picture I took of it. I have gotten a little more than this done but not much at all.

Hope everyone else is doing fantastic.