Merry after-Christmas

We got back last night after a long weekend in Arkansas visiting my family. I had a really great time playing with my nine-month-old nephew, who has become a real handful. He’s fun to play with now. He really loves Aunt Mandy and Uncle Victor now, and even gives me kisses (he won’t even kiss his grandma yet!). This Christmas was really all about him, and he got tons of new toys. Victor and I got a lot of good stuff too. It was mainly stuff for our house, and a lot of it came from leftover items on our wedding registry.

I haven’t been feeling well lately. Last Monday night my stomach started hurting really bad. Tuesday morning I went to the doctor, and she told me that it might be kidney problems, either a kidney stone or a kidney infection. I was relieved it wasn’t appendicitis, but kidney stuff is pretty scary too. They did a urine test and blood test, and I nearly fainted when she tried taking my blood (she couldn’t find a vein for a long time). They scheduled me for a sonogram on Wednesday, and she gave me some antibiotics and Vicodin. Tuesday morning came, and I got a call from the clinic rescheduling me for Thursday. So Wednesday morning came. I got the sonogram, and the sonographer told me that she didn’t see anything on my right kidney, but my left kidney may have something in it (like a stone). Most of the pain was on my right side, so that was weird. They took my blood again to see if the blood count was lower, since Monday’s test came back high, signifying that I was probably fighting off an infection. They sent my sonograms to a radiologist to look over, and I am still waiting on the results and the results from my second blood test. In the meantime, I’ve been taking my drugs and trying not to focus on the issue. I didn’t go to work last week after my stomach/kidney/whatever problems began, so now I fear I’m in the doghouse at work too.

So Christmas for me was a pretty low-key affair. I didn’t exert myself too much, especially since the drugs make me sleepy. I wish I had been able to see more of my friends that live back home or who were visiting for the holidays, but I just didn’t feel up to it. I’m back at work today, and I really hope the clinic calls soon. All of this waiting around is hell.