So Melissa and I have spent some extra time at the hospital this last week. We discovered that Melissa had something extra growing inside of her -> not twins, but rather her right kidney. Guess they actually call it hydronephrosis. Basically it means that something is blocking her ureter and the kidney has swollen a bit. It's actually a pretty painful process. The liquid that is now inside of the kidney (future urine) is blocked and can't come out. Kidney stones is one of the first suspected culprits. After a few ultrasounds the blame was passed onto the uterus. The baby is already turning out to be a pain in its mom's side! So that means that the uterus is sitting on the ureter or in some way blocking the flow of it. One of the few options available is to have a stent put in. I imagine it as a straw with a curled hook on the end. Or to put it in language for guys - it's like a fishing hook barb. Once the hook gets in the fish (or your finger), you don't w...