This past weekend I did expect to get some sailing in. However, someone had other ideas. I woke Friday morning at 12:30am and was buckled over in pain. Soon I began to be sick with nothing substantial coming up besides that nasty stuff that comes from down deep. It was terrible! I finally woke the wife at 2:30am and told her that she needed to take me to the hospital. In about 10 minutes, off we were and another 15minutes were pulling into the hospital. I rode in the passenger seat with it slightly reclined and my feet on the dashboard. It was comfort I was looking for, but could not find. After about 10 minutes in the emergency room I was told I had a kidney stone. I had thought this all along as I had one about 14 years ago. I finally received a room at 10:30pm on friday night. They just kept me on pain meds with IVs flowing, and drinking lots of water.
I did not pass it by Saturday morning and could not take the hospital any longer. I called my wife to come get me out of this place. She arrived with the nurse right behind her, the nurse that I hadn't seen for at least three hours. We told her I was going home and she gave me one more shot of pain medication, a prescription for oral pain meds and home I went. It was lunch time on Saturday, and there was no thought of eating yet. I had to double up on the pain meds to get any relief and Saturday night I gave birth to a nice 4mm black rock. My body still ached from all the pushing and ripping that went on inside. It was over...... Ahhhhhhhh....
I am still regaining my strength and still having some minor pains. This coming weekend will be a must for sailing. It is the last weekend before Lil Provo comes out for the winter. it is really depressing, but those of you who have sailed in the colder weather know how the hands stop working so fast. Just trying to tie or untie a knot can be a major job when the hands don't want to work due to the cold.
We'll post here next week our last fling for the season.
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