Back Again

Mom was released mid-morning, and is back in the hospital again as of one hour ago. Her pain and nausea were unrelenting, and despite her being told it is "probably a ureter spasm" by the doctor on call, she went to the ER anyway. The resident really stressed to her last night, the importance of acting quickly when pain occurs, and Mom has really taken that to heart. Paul was also in the "try and stick it out camp," so many thanks to him for just listening to Mom and just taking her in to the ER.

She cannot risk her left kidney in any way, especially if she does end up having chemotherapy, so I supported her decision to head back to the ER. Worse case scenario, it turns out to be a spasm and she is sent back home. Who cares? At least she can sleep knowing that her ureter isn't slowly occluding and putting her at risk for kidney failure.

In cases like these, she'll just have to ere on the side of caution.