My dads just been taken into hospital
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by risingsun » February 2nd, 2008, 6:42 pm
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Ditto Alj!!! Please keep us posted Bee, I have seen someone suffering from a kidney stone, they are dreadful things. |
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Hey, thanks so much for all the posts-they''ve brought tears to my eyes reading them. There''s not a huge amount really to report. When he was brought in last night they checked him out and he was given pain relief. They didn''t really do anything else for the rest of the night with him and then today he was x-rayed and nothing showed up so they had to x-ray him again with a contrast dye and a blockage has showed up in his ureter. I''m hoping it''s a stone but they''re waiting for the urologist to do the rounds and because it''s a sunday they''re not sure what time he''ll be coming at (typical Irish health system!). So no news at all really. My dad is the biggest wuss so his first thoughts when he heard that there is a blockage were all very bad ones, but I''m hoping that it''s not serious. Just wish we knew for definite but it could be tomorrow before we find out.
Thanks again everyone-the posts really mean a lot to me. |
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I''m so sorry you don''t know more by now, bee*. I was sure that someone would have diagnosed the problem by now. I don''t know why I was so sanguine, perhaps because the pain came on so swiftly and severely. That sounded like an emergency, not some hidden little problem that might take eons for experts to figure out. I have been there with my parents. My mother had a problem that had her ill for months and months before it was diagnosed and successfully treated a few months ago. Had she not been hospitalized I don''t think anyone would ever have diagnosed the problem, even though it was really not all that exotic. She just needed someone to focus on her! At any rate, I will keep checking in, so please keep updating the thread. My thoughts will continue to be with you. Hugs, Deb  |
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 Nothing like the aftermath of intense pain to make you imagine the worst. I hope you''ve heard news by now, but I''ll keep you and your family in my prayers. |
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Bee:" but it could be tomorrow before we find out"
You will find out tomorrow.Its not bad news that you have to wait till tomorrow.It means he can safely wait.It would be the best to know right away, but its not an option so just try to relax a bit , maybe your positive attitude will help those around you.I am sending you best wishes.. Please keep us posted.. |
!!). It would be great if they would just let him know when he will find out.
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Oh, so glad! I agree with scarleta - the waiting means that they think he can wait. So it''s miserable to wait, but it''s kind of good news. Still, you''re right. It would be so much easier if you knew exactly how long you had to wait. {{sympathy}} |
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Bee, it is sounding more and more like a kidney stone.
It''s not uncommon to have difficulty finding it on the scans; most fairly small in nature, and the width of the ureter is equivalent to that of a single human hair. (It''s amazing what you end up learning when these things crop us). I recall that they didn''t see the stone on Rich''s scan initially, either. They said "oh, it''s not that big - it''s only about 5mm". In true PSer fashion, my eyes immediately fixated on my .30 e-ring side stones (which measure about 4.5mm) and then tried to imagine them stuffed into a human hair width.  I think I blanched after that!  |
