The "Stoner"

Above: Me falling out of the tree.

Hanging upside down in that tree over the weekend and dropping to the ground like I was 15 years old was not a wise thing (see pictures below to see what lead up to me being rushed to the hospital). I went to work this past Monday feeling a bit under the weather but I didn't want to call out sick because I was taking two vacation days later this week. So I went to work but I was having pains in my back and testicles. Very weird pain but I figured it was just from being overly active this past weekend.

Above: Me falling to the ground, notice I land on my RIGHT SIDE,
this jogged the kidney stones I had, causing me much pain. Oye!

At lunch time, I went for a walk with my friend Maggy, to a local grocery store called "Mollie Stones" to get some lunch and when I got back from lunch I felt great. I was feeling back to my old self and had just finished a yummy lunch. No sooner after I started feeling better a stabbing pain went shooting from my lower back on the right side all the way down my leg, up through my chest and my arm. I was in so much pain I had no idea what was going on. I tried to call Paul but I could barely dial the phone. I was having hard time breathing and I could barely talk. I went to get out of my chair at work and just crumbled to the ground losing feeling on the right side of my body. I thought I was having a stroke. As I fell to the ground I saw a co-worker, Audry, and tried to get her attention. Thank you so much Audry for helping me and calling an ambulance to help me figure out what the hell was happening to me. :-)

Above: Drugged up in the hospital.

After I was carried out of my work on a stretcher I was still in so much pain, I was crying and not understanding what was going on. The EMT's were telling me it was a kidney stone. I had never had a kidney stone, I had no idea what they were but I was not buying it because I didn't think it could cause so much pain. My pain was a 9 on a scale of 1-10. So they shot me up with morphine in the ambulance and I was brought to the hospital. I was out of it after the morphine but I had to have a cat scan because there was blood in my urine and it could have been an injury when I feel out of the tree over the weekend.

Thankfully, it was just kidney stones BUT these things fucking hurt!! Imagine taking a straw and trying to push a round stone through the straw all the way to the other end of the straw until it comes out. P A I N F U L! It's crazy. So after the exam my doctor said I am a "stoner" and that it's hereditary and in my genes. My grandfather had problems with it, he died at a young age from rectal/colon cancer and I remember my father having problems with kidney stones as well. So, it’s something I will always have BUT I can prevent it by drinking more water, I feel I drink a tone of water as it is, but it looks like I have to drink more. I don't drink coffee, soda or anything with caffeine. The doctor said if I did, I could have had several more stones.

Above: Sleeping beauty.

So, I am ok. I am still a bit week, but I am thankful it was nothing serious. It was scary and a bit embarrassing having to be taken from work to the hospital but I am glad I am ok. A huge thanks to everyone at work that helped me and was there to support me in anyway. You guys are the best! See you all soon.