The Week from Hell

This week has been absolute hell. I will try to keep this short, but a lot happened.

1.) Ruben, one of our cats, was not acting like himself at all, so we took him to the vet. After several tests, IV antibiotics, and IV fluids, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. They sent us home with medicine for him and asked us to bring him back in two days. Two days later and not responding to antibiotics, the vet ventured a good guess that Ruben has feline lymphoma. So, we brought him home and are keeping him comfortable until this disease takes him from us. We are feeling very sad, but he is still drinking water occasionally and using the litter box. And, he has been a great comfort to me these last few days.

2.) Tuesday night I went to the ER with, what I though, was a urinary tract infection. Even though my urine sample was clean, they decided to treat me for a UTI anyway.

3.) Wednesday morning I was back in the ER with excruciating kidney pain. After a CT scan, it was determined that I have kidney stones. LAME! I have never had kidney stones before and I would not wish them on my worst enemy. It was like being in labor, except there was no break in the contractions. So, this time, they sent me home with pain meds. These pain medications caused Excorsist-like projectile vomiting.......NOT FUN!

4.) Wednesday afternoon I saw my regular doctor because of all that had transpired at the ER. After she looked at the CT scan, she said, "They should have called a urologist to consult on you while you were at the hospital." So, she would get me to a urologist the next day since the clinic was closed by this time.

5.) Thursday I met with the urologist, who looked at my CT and said, "We will get that stone out surgically, tomorrow at 1 p.m.!" Hooray! So, I spent another night on pain medications and feeling awful.

6.) Friday at 1 p.m. I had surgery to remove my kidney stone. I still feel like I had surgery, but I am no longer in pain. I do have a stent in my bladder that I get to remove myself on Monday, which should be pleasant, but I am feeling better!

7.) Because of all of the heavy-duty meds I have been on these past 3 days, I have had to stop breastfeeding David. This makes me sad, because breast milk is so good for him and I love the bonding we do when I feed him. But, he is healthy and will do just fine on formula.

So, this week was rough. Hopefully, things will begin to improve and we can pray for a miracle for Ruben.