Seems like forever

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I don't even remember the last full post I wrote. But I'll start with getting through the last chemo and about two weeks past. That night I started hurting all around my middle, having chills and vomiting and diarrhea and knew I was in trouble. Dale took me to the ER (mistake number one...should have called the rescue squad.) Got there about 11pm, it wasn't very busy, I told the receptionist that I was a cancer patient, recently had chemo, had excruciating pain in my left side and had had chills and vomiting. Told the triage nurse the same thing. Told it to the nurse who drew blood and did a urinalysis. He assured me I would get something for pain as soon as they got me in a bed. But they had no beds at the time and we'd have to wait in the waiting room. So of course we went back to the waiting room, praying it wouldn't be long before they called us. For those of you who have had back pain from a kidney stone, you know what I'm describing. We waited while I was writhing in pain. Dale checked several times and was told the doctors were treating the patients who came in on an ambulance. At 6am, they finally took me to a bed and got some morphine in me. It was a blur after that, but my Urologist was there that night and rushed me into surgery. I had two kidney stones blocking the ureter (?) and he did a stent around both of the them to let the infection start running out. Then I was in ICU for two days because my blood pressure kept getting too low. Received massive amounts of strong antibiotics. Finally transferred to a regular room and came home yesterday. My Urologist came to see me and he's not one to exaggerate, but he said when they got to me, I had a two hour window before dying. I'm so thankful God arranged it for him to already be at the hospital that night. So, in the future we'll call an ambulance. Yesterday we learned that Dale's niece in Arkansas passed away. She was the age of our children and was like a second daughter to Dale. She had a heart attack, but had many serious health issues. My mind was chemo brained before all this and it's really impaired now, lol. But found out I do start radiation June 21, so it will be good to get those behind me. Please say a prayer for Dale, he's really broken hearted. Hope you guys are well.