Feeling Better

As of last Thursday (4 days ago) I've started feeling much better about my tube. As of Saturday, I haven't needed to take any pain killers and I'm thankful my babies aren't having any of that mess in their systems.

At my follow up appointment with my urologist on Friday, Jay and I were overjoyed to learn that my doctor wants to take the tube out prior to delivery. Possibly within the next month or two. My urologist is going to discuss with my Ob the possibility of doing X-rays while I'm still pregnant to find the stone and then performing surgery to remove it. So far the stone has not passed. Last Thursday evening my tube wasn't draining properly so on Friday morning I had to go to the hospital for them to take a look. Luckily they were able to flush the tube and remove the clog but unfortunately the doctor told me the pain I was experiencing from the clogged tube meant that the kidney stone was still there. Usually if a tube clogs and there is no pain it means that the stone has passed through the ureter and is either in the bladder or has passed completely.

Jay and I aren't the least bit nervous about having X-rays done while I'm pregnant. Hopefully removing the stone and the tube will improve my quality of life which will in turn improve the babies'. Right now I can't get my back wet at all so doing any type of exercise where I sweat (that would mean anytime I do practically anything) is completely out.

We completely trust the doctors and are going to move forward with whatever their plan is. Since reaching 20 weeks and having this slight complication, my Ob decided he wants to see me every two weeks. So, in a little over a week I should be able to find out how his chat with the urologist went and learn how we're going to proceed. Please keep us in your prayers and that hopefully everything can be removed and the babies will be safe through the X-rays and surgery!