No, Really Buster... You have to GO

Hi friends!
Seems that we will have the opportunity to repeat the lithotripsy to the right kidney. Buster did break up, and I have been passing the stone debris, but several pieces of Buster did not break up quite small enough to pass even with the stent. I hear that this is a normal thing to have transpire. 


On March 6th I return to Dr. G's for full x-rays to make sure I have passed all the kidney stone debris that I can, then we will set up for the next (and final) lithotripsy! Woo hoo!  I must say that this procedure is much easier to recover from than full blown surgery. For some reason my mind had not wrapped around the fact that I would still be passing 'stones' of various sizes after the procedure. When it started about 3 days later, I almost panicked... then read back up on it all and took a pain pill and let it happen (like I had a choice. hahahaha). I did save a few... kinda like trophies. hahaha.


All of a sudden the next week I felt terrible. I had no energy, could not tolerate solid food and felt like a Mac truck ran over me again. I called in to talk to nurse Lynne to explain how I was feeling, because if this was part of the healing process, I thought 'so be it'. She said to come in immediately for some tests. 


A few days later I received a call to report to the doc immediately.  Somehow, through the past 3 procedures, my body was attacked with a superbug virus that my body just could not fight off by itself.  I then was told to come in for 5 straight days for 2 shots of an antibiotic that is usually used only via IV. But for me, they would dilute it with lidocaine and then give me the shots so that I would not have to have a hep lock and IV all week. Those shots hurt! Thank Goodness for the lidocaine. I cannot even imagine the shots without it. One in each hip each day for 5 days. But it is just one of those things on my road to recovery.  By the second day of shots, I was already able to eat food again.  Today, I am feeling so much better. God is so faithful.


God is faithful - That is, God is true, and constant, and will adhere to his promises. He will not deceive. He will not promise, and then fail to perform; he will not start anything which he will not perfect and finish. 


The process isn't always fun, but the outcome is going to be amazing!


Signed...  A Muse of the Remnant
Christine