Tough Little Cookie

Hello to all. Nathan has once again found a creative way to keep Sal and I on our toes. Yesterday afternoon when I changed his diaper it was full or blood. After calls to two doctors we took him to OLOL ER. They cultured the blood in his urine and once again found no infection. After another ultrasound of his kidneys they found MANY, MANY, MANY, kidney stones. They said the new medicine that they just switched him to is causing this. They claim that we may need to find an alternative method and take him off of the diuretic completely. Needless to say Nathan has been in severe pain off and on. The ER gave us tylenol with codeine for pain but warned us to not give it continuously. The tylenol will reduce any fever he may develop and we need to know if he starts running any fever. I gave him the med last night to help him sleep but have not used it yet today...so far no fever. He has slept most of the day and when he is awake he is uncomfortable. We will be taking him into the Cardiologist in the morning ( unless he gets worse today and we go back to the hospital) and just to let everyone know the ER docs feel that he will probaly be admitted when these stones begin to pass. He will need extra fluids and if he is in the hospital they can help him with the pain. We ask that everyone please say an extra little prayer for our tough little cookie to help him get through yet another battle. Thanks to all and I will update this blog daily to let everyone know how he is doing.