Keeping The E.R Busy

Kathryn called me a week ago on her way home from work.
She was screaming so loudly that I could barely tell who it was and certainly, could not understand what she was saying.  She was crying in extreme pain.  She could barely drive, thought she was going to die and wondered what to do.  I told her to take of 1600 North and go straight up to the hospital to the E.R.
Two hours later, an MRI, a morphine drip and a urine sample, we have ourselves dealing with two kidney stones, that will most likely be, the only grandchildren Kathryn will EVER give me.  Her urine had a lot of blood in it, which also indicated a terrible infection - so she has had a fairly miserable week.  Last night, she finally when back to the ER because the pain was, once again, so bad that she could no longer tolerate it. A scan showed that the stones had probably passed that morning, but she has a damaged kidney with a pretty bad kidney infection.  More medication and I have not yet heard from her today.
My heart has gone out to her as she has felt very homesick, in unfamiliar pain and discomfort and no-body there to take care of her, that she feels comfortable with.  But now that I hope she is somewhat, stabilized, I'm hoping she can get back to work and then get to church to make herself some friends.  My sister, Rachel, has been kind enough to keep in touch with Kathryn and has offered good advice and given a listening ear, of which Kathryn has been very grateful.  I hate being so far away in times like this.  Kathryn just needs a hug from her momma.
Rebecca's husband, Lance, had open heart surgery about three weeks ago, but last night, he ended up in the ER also with a blood clot that had landed in his lung.  Pretty serious and pretty scary, as he will now have to be on blood thinners the rest of his life...and he too, was in a lot of pain.  This is all on top of he and Becca being informed that Lance's father probably only has two weeks to live.  Hopefully, Lance will be able to go home today.  Becca needs a little comfort at about this point, as her past few weeks have been an over load of stressful.  I pray for her.
Hopefully, this next week will be a little better in the ER flow of things.
Can't wait to get these future bills.