RAINY WEDNESDAY--KIDNEY STONE--CAMP COURAGEOUS

We got rained out Wednesday night, which may have been a blessing in disguise for me.  About the time we were supposed to leave, I got a pain in my lower left abdomen.  It felt like someone was stabbing me with a fork!  I went to the emergency room at VMH and after a CT scan, they discovered I had a 7mm kidney stone about one inch from entering my bladder.  The next day, by luck, I was able to have an appointment with Dr. Price, a urologist from Mayo that comes to the specialist clinic in Waukon.  He gave me two choices--I could wait and see if the stone enters the bladder and then try to pass it, or I could head up to Mayo in Lacrosse and have his colleague, Dr. Rademacher, remove it.  Neither option sounded too great, but I didn't want to wait for that severe pain to return again, so I chose option two and headed for Lacrosse.  I am now recovering at home with some discomfort today (Friday).

I still plan to make the trip to Camp Courageous on Sunday for the omelet breakfast fund raiser.  I just don't know if it will be by bike or car yet.  We will depart Casey's at 9:15 sharp!  Everyone is invited and WNR has been good about supporting this event.  Right now it looks like Sunday is supposed to be a pretty decent day.

By the way, Meryle is back!  However he has to have a knee replaced in early May, so he told me once the knee is OK he will be getting a new ride.  He's eyeballing the unit below!  Hang on, Mary!!