Another Day in the Life of the Youngs.....

So, here are some of the details of Rays visits to the hospital recently.  I knew the week of Thanksgiving Ray wasn't feeling very well.  He had called me several times and said that he felt he had another kidney stone.  He came home on Wednesday while I was still at work and took some pain pills and went to sleep.  He was asleep when I got home and slept until about midnight and then he starting tossing and turning.  At 2:30 a.m. he finally decided I needed to take him to the hospital.  He knew what the problem was and so they gave him pain meds as soon as he got there and then they did the tests.  They found out he had a 9 mm kidney stone and told him that he should probably stay in the hospital so he could stay on morphine until they could get him into the urologist in Idaho Falls (nope Rexburg doesn't have one) and kidney stones really aren't an emergency so they weren't going to get us one on Thanksgiving.  Anyway he stayed until Friday morning at Madison Memorial and then I took him to EIRMC.  They admitted him and then the doctor came to see him and they decided to put in a stint and then go from there.  The best option was to wait until a Thursday when the lythotripsy (laser) machine comes to town so they could break it up.  So, that is what we did and normally they can go home the same day of placing a stint, but they couldn't regulate his oxygen levels so he had to spend the night.  I brought him hom on Saturday and he stayed home from work for the week.  On Thursday I took him back down to the hospital and they did the lythotripsy to break it up.  That went much better and I was able to bring him home that day.  The worst part about it is that we heard that the procedure will cost $10,000 and we got the bill for his first stay at EIRMC and it was $9,600.  Thank goodness for insurance.  He was able to go back to work the week after on light duty and now he is feeling better.  They did call him during this last week and he has something wrong with his liver so he is going in the day after Christmas for an ultrasound to figure that out.  So, yes the saga continues.  But, we are thankful for all the blessings we have received and we realize how truly blessed we are each day.  Thanks for everyone's prayers and well wishes, you are all amazing.