Kidney Stones Revisted...

So while we were in Hawaii, (of course it happened on vacation) Mark was attacked quite viciously by a nasty 7mm stone stuck up near his kidney. After a day of agony and 4 hours in the ER, he was sent home with pain meds. Thanks to our Lord, he was spared any more attacks while there and has only suffered a few twinges here and there for the last three weeks. Alas the "should be set in gold and worn" stone did not budge and therefore had to be surgically removed.

He underwent laser blasting (not the technical term obviously) yesterday and of course it took WAY longer than expected. The surgeon called it "a hard little sucker" and had to spend considerable time shaving it down before he was able to extract it (bummer, no new ring for Becky).

He is recovering nicely, still in some good pain while standing or walking, but seems better every hour. His tentative plan is to return to work (crazy, CRAZY man) on Thursday; can't keep the man in bed to save my LIFE. So stubborn. But what's a girl to do? Gotta be proud of a man with such an amazing work ethic and dedication to providing for his family.

Thanks all for you prayers, thoughts and well wishes for us once again. We love you all!