It's BAAAACCCK!!!

So remember back in december when I wrote about all the kidney problem drama... well IIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTT'S BAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCK!!! And hit me full throttle yesterday. I hadn't been feeling well off and on over the last week or so. I kept getting a dull ache in my abdomen, but being pregnant for the first time I just thought baby Hayden was sitting on me funny, and I didn't think anything of it until yesterday.

It all started yesterday morning when that dumb dull ache came back. Ron asked if I was okay and I said told him I thought so and continued to make breakfast. Well in the middle of breakfast I got dizzy and just wanted to lay my head down. So I did. Ron asked me if I'd be okay at school, I had to be I had a huge sewing project due and couldn't miss my genetics presentation. So I just decided to tough it out and drink lots of water. I just thought my system needed to be cleaned out. Boy did it.

By the time 12:45 rolled around I had drank about 2 bottles of water and I was going to the bathroom about every hour (which for me is normal). By the way sorry if this seems explicit. I'm just saying it how it is. Anyways class got done and I again had to run to the bathroom by this time I was noticing my right kidney was starting to hurt pretty bad, but I thought going to the bathroom would help. Well I did, and basically had a hard attack when I noticed I that my pee wasn't yellow it was pink or in other words I was peeing blood. I freaked out. I didn't know what to do. I thought if it was spotting or peeing blood either way its not good and I knew I needed to get to a doctor ASAP.

So I called Ron, and I called Ron, and again I called Ron... no answer responsible little butt doesn't check his phone during class. Then I text him and text him, then called and text again. Finally I hunted him down by seeing what classroom he was in and I pulled him out. I told him what happened, and he immediately grabbed his stuff and we left.

We pulled up to my doctor's office and they saw me right away. They checked my urine to see if I actually was peeing blood or if I was just spotting. Which I was. It was a +3 which I have no idea what that means just that I wasn't going crazy. Then they checked for a UTI and a Kidney infection. Then they checked my white blood cell count to see if I had some kind of infection.

Can I just say how much I love my new Doctor. He actually listens to me and doesn't just say oh its just round ligament. He listened to what I had to say. He checked my kidney by whacking it with his hand and asked if it hurt. I yelped and said yep that hurt pretty bad actually. He told me that he was pretty sure it was a kidney stone (fabulous) and that he was ordering a ultrasound to be done sometime this week, and that afterwards I needed to make an appointment for the next day, and call him if I NEEDED ANYTHING. He was very insistant. I think he could tell I was just in a lot of pain.

Lucky for me they had an opening for 5 o clock yesterday night for the ultrasound. It took quite a while to get admitted (by the way this is the 3rd time in less then a year that i've had to be admitted to the hospital. POOR RON!!! I don't think I had been admitted before we got married since I was in first grade). They called me back in did the ultrasound (which made the pain 50 times worse) I wanted to cry I hurt so bad. I waited for the doctor to call so they could give the results, Ron was running (he didn't have the car) from the school to the hospital. Its quite the walk, but he knew it was all I could do to get up and walk by this point let alone get in a car and drive functioning.

The radiologist tech (ps andy I really wish you could have done it) told me I had hydronephrosis, and since I was emptying my bladder well to just go home and take it easy. PU!!! Easy for her to say. I was relieved to know that they actually found something this time though. I know I had hydronephrosis before, but because i was so anti drinking water (because I noticed thats what made it worse) they couldn't tell what was wrong and assumed I had polycystic kidney disease. (THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T GO TO COMMUNITY CARE)

By the way hrdronephrosis is basically a blockage from the kidney to the bladder. Most likely my uterus is blocking the pathway so my kidney and the uriter (I think is what it is called) is getting backed up with urine. Well with a backup of urine two things happen 1. it begins to swell it hurts bad and 2. This gives the bacteria my body is supposed to get rid of pool and reproduce cause an infection and this hurts bad too!!! Yay for me

By the time I got to the car Ron was there, and I just started to cry. I gave into pain killer for the first time my whole pregnancy. I wasn't happy about it but I didn't care at that point. All I wanted was my shower, and my bed. So he drove me home. I hate being sick. I love/hate that he waits on me hand and foot. Love it cause I know that he loves me and cares for me, and I hate it because I feel bad making him do everything. I got into the shower, and he just rubbed my back till I felt better then he filled up the tub so I could just lay there. Then he went and got my heating pad and favorite blanket and pillow and my baby blanket (yes I am a nerd... dont judge me) and He turned on Harry Potter for me. Then he made me dinner. Which wasn't much since all I wanted was cereal, but its the thought that counts.

I was in and out of sleep for about and hour and a half when our friends Jackie and Colum came over. By this point the tylenol had definately kicked in and I felt a lot better I just had to pee every 5 minutes. Ron and Colum gave me a blessing... to which I am so grateful for cause i know its working. Then we just visted for a while. I honestly don't know what Ron and I would do without their friendship. They are such amazing people.

Anyways thats my long boring story.... I am now home laying on my couch feeling much better then I did, but exhausted from being up so much in the night.

So the point of this post was not to complain. Even though I kinda did... if anything this whole kidney thing has really humbled me. At least I feel like it has

I came to a conclusion about some things...

1. I am not going to rule out an epidural. I thought about doing the whole labor thing all natural, and I will still try and give it my best, but I've decided if I want one I'm having one. (I discovered this while waiting for the doctor to call... Ron laughed at my conclusion)

2. I'm so grateful that they actually found out what was wrong this time. Now they can actually keep an eye on it.

3. I am so grateful for technology. I don't know what people did without it.

4. I am so grateful that Hayden is okay. He was been kicking me like crazy for the last two days... He probably realizes or Heavenly Father realized that I need to feel those jabs and kicks to ensure that he is okay. The doctor immediately checked him when we were at the clinic. The moment that doppler hit my stomach the room was filled with the swishing of his heart beat.. 146 bmp that took my stress levels down a ton!!!

5. I'm going to try and not complain about the normal pregnancy things like swollen feet or not being able to sleep. I realize that this pregnancy could be soooooooo much worse, and that the hydronephrosis could be a lot worse too. So I'm just grateful overall that it was just hydronephrosis and not something like and Amniotic leak or pre-term labor. My friend is in the hospital because of an amniotic leak and has been for 4 weeks now... Poor girl is on complete strict bed rest for another 6 weeks or so!!!

6. I'm so glad I have a caring husband. I told Ron last night thank you for being such an amazing husband and taking care of me. He said I do it cause you're an amazing wife and I love you, and I want our baby to be healthy and safe. Really could a girl ever complain about a husband who says that to them while he is cleaning the kitchen. I think not. I love that man, and I don't know what I would do without him.

Anways there is my long schpeal for the day. Sorry if you're bored, but now its written down for journaling purposes

P.S. Steph I started the girls weekend post, i just have to get motivated and add the pictures... Our internet is slow. I'm getting to it though I promise!!!