This Summer has been a medical nightmare. Our budget will definitely shift this Fall when we start receiving bills!
On July 6th, the husband thought he may have gotten bit by a spider on the back of his head. This wasn’t brought to my attention until 2-3 days later, when he asked me to take a look. It was a swollen looking bite in the center back of his head. Honestly it looked like my mosquito bites, since I swell up and puss a bit.
On the 10th, he woke up with a rash starting down the right side of his neck. Bam, I knew it was shingles. He went to urgent care, got antivirals and steroids, and dealt with nerve pain and itchiness. Thankfully it went no further than his collarbone, and didn’t reach his eye.
Unfortunately a week later, on July 18th, we ended up in the ER. He had dealt with a kidney stone back on 2018, and we knew it had to be another. I was up for over 24 hours since we were there overnight, but after pain management and a CT, we were finally sent home with antibiotics and pain meds, and to follow up with a urologist.
Unfortunately, the stone (6mm) seemed to be stuck in the ureter, so 3 weeks after our ER visit, he was in same day surgery for a uteroscopy and lithotripsy.
What a ride. The surgery itself was all of 10 minutes. The doc busted the stone into 100’s of pieces with a laser, ran a scope clear up the right side to make sure everything looked good, then placed a stent that will come out in 2 weeks.
He was home the same day, and we are 3 days post-op now, but even though it seems minimal, it was an invasive surgery that certainly takes time to recover from.
One last x-ray to see if there was any change 
The bed awaits 
Scary door in the pre-op staging area 
Waiting for transport to bring him back from recovery 
On the move
It was the first time in our relationship that he has gone under general anesthesia, and I was definitely nervous. The hospital had a text sign up though so I received a text when surgery started and when he was in recovery, so that was nice.
While he is recovering, we are discussing lifestyle changes to minimize the chance that we ever need to do this again! Lessening the Dr. Pepper consumption is a tough one, but we certainly need to.