In case you thought I might forget about this whole “kidney stone awareness” thing once Autumn’s problem had been resolved…fear not.  It appears that National Online Kidney Stone Awareness Month will be over before Autumn is finally completely through with all of this crap (unfortunately for her).

Yes, they got the stent put in today.  The part I didn’t completely understand beforehand, though, was that we now just wait.  She won’t go back for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy until August 11th.  Two days later she’ll go back to have the stent removed.  In the meantime, it’s still not likely that the stone will pass on its own.  The stent, however, will allow the fluids to pass through.  It will also supposedly keep the pain down to a minimum.

It still sucks, though.  I wish she didn’t have to put up with any amount of pain for the next month.  At least she’ll have plenty of drugs to take in the meantime.