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 want it to come out during the fight to reel it in. It's basically the same principle, just less sharp.
Unfortunately that meant us scheduling the procedure a few days out and leaving Melissa to deal with the pain over the weekend. I couldn't bear to have her in all that pain over the weekend. She's not as fun when she is just laying in bed...
I decided to stop waiting on my Home Teacher to stop by and gave Melissa a Priesthood blessing by myself. That was Thursday night (the 15th). On Friday, Melissa no longer needed pain meds. Over the next couple of days she only took a couple of Tylenol, and never had the same magnitude of pain return. We were so grateful for that blessing from the Lord. My fun Melissa returned and we didn't have to cancel our Thanksgiving plans to be with family.
So what did we learn from this?
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 want it to come out during the fight to reel it in. It's basically the same principle, just less sharp.
Unfortunately that meant us scheduling the procedure a few days out and leaving Melissa to deal with the pain over the weekend. I couldn't bear to have her in all that pain over the weekend. She's not as fun when she is just laying in bed...
I decided to stop waiting on my Home Teacher to stop by and gave Melissa a Priesthood blessing by myself. That was Thursday night (the 15th). On Friday, Melissa no longer needed pain meds. Over the next couple of days she only took a couple of Tylenol, and never had the same magnitude of pain return. We were so grateful for that blessing from the Lord. My fun Melissa returned and we didn't have to cancel our Thanksgiving plans to be with family.
So what did we learn from this?
- I need to rely on the Lord & the Priesthood sooner.
- Dealing with doctors can be as painful as the condition that brought you into the hospital.
- Hamiltons are stubborn and require a tough mother!
- Good luck little baby Hamilton. Your Mother is a tough one!
- And that I needed to stop using the words Urethra and Ureter interchangeably They are very different parts of the body. I should've paid more attention in Biology.
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