Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kidney Stone
Thursday morning turned into quite the adventure. Tom woke up at about 2:30 and was having a little pain in his abdomen. He went back to bed thinking nothing of it. Then at 3:30 he woke up again, the pain was worse, and within a few minutes the pain was becoming quite unbearable. We decided it would be best to take him to the hospital. Elise drove him there, luckily Elise's parents were visiting at the time, so we didn't have to take the kids with us. Once we got to the hospital they asked a bunch of questions and gave him some pain medication. That helped make the pain so it wasn't so unbearable, but it was still quite painful. They took a CT and found that the cause of all the pain was a kidney stone. They then gave him a little bit of morphine, and after a little while sent him home, telling him the stone would probably pass within 24-48 hours. They said the stone was only 3mm, so not a really large one, but a large enough one to be quite painful. Apparently the ureter (tubes between the kidney and bladder) are only about 1mm in diameter. Some pain medication was prescribed. We returned back home at about 6:30, and Elise was going to go to Wal-Mart to get a hot pad, and find out when the pharmacy opened to get Tom's prescription filled. On the drive home Tom's pain went away, and he thought it was just because he was sitting just right or something. Once we got home Tom went to the bathroom, and out came the stone. Luckily it all happened in a short 4 hours, and didn't last for the 24-48 hours the hospital had said. Before leaving for the hospital Tom had said a prayer that everything would work out for the best, and it turns out that it did. Tom was planning to take the day of to deal with the stone, but since it came out at 6:30 he decided he would go to work because he felt good enough to go. Of course he felt good enough to go to work, he was on some type of pain medicine and morphine. So, Tom went to work. Luckily he doesn't operate any heavy machinery and his company doesn't do random drug testing. Just kidding. :) Hopefully he doesn't get another one in the future, because it sure was not fun. If anyone knows of anyone else in the family that has had a kidney stone, please let us know. It would be nice to know if his stone could be linked to hereditary by any chance.
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Wow, Tom! Neither Dad nor I have heard of anyone in our families getting kidney stones! It's a trend you must be starting! I hear from other people that sometimes it is caused by the food you eat. Check with the Doc and see what they say as to if you should eat more or less of something!
We hope you are feeling okay. Especially now that the medicine has worn off. It's a good thing your work doesn't do drug testing! :)
I don't think that kidney stones are hereditary.
From what I have looked up on the internet it depends on the kind of kidney stone. Some kidney stones are hereditary, although those are the rarer kinds. In general it looks like the best thing to preventing kidney stones is drinking tons and tons of water (1/2-1 gallon a day). Depending on the type of kidney stone eating different things can reduce or increase the chances of a kidney stone, but it depends on what kind it is. If I ever get one again I'll have to have them thoroughly analyze it to see what type it is so I know how best to prevent it in the future. Just don't go and get one yourself in the mean time ;) It is no fun.
Im sure its heridetary-har har har dumb parents! ....Elise Run before it catches you! oh ya that would be contageous! hummmmm your aunt is nuts!
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