Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my moms birthday! Just wanted to make a quick post and tell her happy birthday!!! It is nothing short of a miracle that we were able to share this day with her. She is so amazing and we are thankful (daily) for her in our lives. Even though it is her birthday... she has given us the gift of her example and determination for life. We will treasure it always. Love you mom, all sixty years of you ;)

Mom is having some back pain, which is normal from the stint... but still isn't very fun :( Yesterday was a tough day for her, but thankfully she is feeling better today. That's a good birthday present I guess! No word on what the stone is made out of yet. She is scheduled to have the stint removed on Wednesday. They will take that out at the doctors office. She is SO glad about that. She says that once you get in that darn hospital... you can't get out!

A kidney stone!?

As if mom hasn't had enough fun this year... She thought she would top it off with a kidney stone. Between last week and this week she had three kidney stone attacks. Which means the stone was too big to make it out on its own, so it kept traveling back up to the kidney then back down to the ureter. Which causes an unspeakable amount of pain in the meantime. The last attack occurred at 3am on Tuesday morning, and she was in for a minor surgery at 11am that same day. Her docs decided that because the stone was a 8mm stone (OUCH) that they would go in and break it up and then insert a stint into the ureter to allow the stone or pieces of the stone to pass through with no pain (aaaahhhh). She was able to go home even that same day and is feeling great! She is up and moving and says she NEVER wants to do that again! They will send off the stone to see what it is made out of and hopefully tell her why her body made it and how to prevent her body from making more. She can't wait for that info :)