I was at work on Tuesday feeling great. The kids and I had so much fun with the nice weather, it was perfect. Then around 5pm I started to get back pain, which isn't unusually since my hips have been so loose so I chalked it up to that. But as my last half hour of work carried on I realized my back pain was higher then usual and didn't feel muscular. For a moment I thought " something is wrong, this isn't normal" so I drove home, stopping at the store on my way. My back pain got worse. When I got home I tried laying on my side and other various positions to see if I could find comfort. Finally at 6:45 I called the on call doctor in tears to tell her what was going on. She told me to come to labor and delivery and she would let them know I'm coming. Well me not wanting to make a fuss, decided to go to the urgent care first before driving into Portland. I called my mom to let her know what was going on. So at urgent care they did a urine test and found blood in my urine. They told me it was a kidney stone and to go to the ER because pregnant women can suffer from stuck kidney stones.
My parents and I drove out to Emmanuel to labor and delivery. They got me in an evaluation room right away. They told me an ultrasound of the kidneys has to be done and they did a stress test on Hunter. Luckily he is handling all this far better then me. By 11:30 that night I knew I was staying at the hospital, I would be getting fluid IV, an ultrasound, and pain drugs. After the doctor left something happened between the communication with the night nurse and my doctor because all hell broke loose.
The ultrasound tech came in at midnight and jabbed me for 45 minutes looking for the stones. I had not gotten the pain meds yet so him working on my kidneys as hard as he was made my body shake uncontrollably out of pain. At 1am the nurse finally came in to give me an IV for morphine. She ended up stabbing through the veins on both hands causing huge swelling, bruising, and a lot of blood all over me and the floor. A new nurse came in and got the IV in my arm first try (thankfully). So I ask the nurse "is it time for fluids to help flush this stone?"no response. By 3 am I am still in an evaluation room with no IV and one injection of morphine. The nurse comes back in and keeps telling us the doctor has to evaluate my ultrasound so she knows whether or not I'm staying or going (reminder* doctor said I was staying )
At 5 am the doctor comes back apologizing repeatedly because there was a miscommunication between her and the nurse. I now can't get a hospital room because they are busy and full so I'm stuck in this evaluation room and poor Isaac is sleeping on a concrete floor. The nurse also didn't get the note to start fluids for me.
I arrived at the hospital at 9pm on Tuesday and did not get fluids to flush me, or solid pain meds until 5 am Wednesday. Mind you I have now been awake for 23 hrs straight due to pain and being told Ill be moved to a more comfortable room so stay awake!
By 7 am my husband woke up (on the concrete floor) to the sound of me hysterically crying due to exhaustion and pain. He comforted me and gave me earplugs to help drown out the loud hospital noise so I could sleep. I did for an hour until a new nurse came in and woke me up. She was shocked to hear of my treatment, or lack there of. I told her to make me comfortable and send me home. She was nice enough to bring in a stretcher so Isaac could get off the floor. She also offered me food, thank God! We had to wait for a doctor to come out of c-sections, so that I could be evaluated and sent home. We were finally released at 4 pm on Wednesday. I was miserable, never checked on unless I paged a nurse, exhausted, and my husband wanted to kill someone. Worst hospital experience of my life. I wont lie I'm a little nervous to have hunter there now. I will be having a much needed conversation with my doctor tomorrow at my appointment. I need a little reassurance.
Now I'm on bed rest until I pass this stone. Dear lord I hope its soon. I'm not suppose to be in labor for to long yet this kidney stone labor is going on to day 3.
Please keep prayers coming and good thoughts.
Thank you for all the love.
-Jenn
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