Passing a kidney stone. Part 3.
On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney.
By Saturday night, the 10th the pain increased.
By Sunday afternoon I was in the emergency room at our local hospital.
Hours later I was transfered by ambulance to a major hospital.
The next afternoon I was transfered again to another hospital where I was to spend the next 8 days.
The stone finally passed from the kidney into the ureters and bladder early Monday morning about 1:30am in a tearing pain.
They are still inside my bladder, although I am finally now home, waiting to pass fully out.
By the way, the employee who was not following OS&S has most likely lost his job as my back is also injured. Great! Not!
And how much did the 3 ambulance rides? 11 days in a private room in hospital? 3CT scans? 3 x-rays? Nuclear body scan? An IVP kidney/bladder scan? 17 blood tests? Physio? Medication and extras cost???? NOT A THING!!!!
I love our health care system.
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EXCUSE THE HAIR!!!!!
On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney.
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