That's right...Cole & I spent the last 6 hours in the ED at Banner Desert. Cole started having kidney pain last night. Luckily, we had pain meds for him. Cole was feeling better this morning & went to work. He didn't make it all day at work. When I got home he was in a lot of pain & the pain meds were no longer working. We headed to Banner Desert & spent 6 hours in the ED. Cole had a CT scan & urine analysis. He also got an IV placed for pain medication & fluids. As we suspected Cole has kidney stone's again! However, the stone is 4mm this time. That double the size of the last stone he passed. When they get to 5mm they need to be surgically removed. Needless to say Cole is in for some pain! Ouch! The doctor gave Cole scripts for pain meds & flomax (used to open the urethra).
We learn that Cole has a Medullary sponge kidney (MSK). MSK is a birth defect of the tubules (tiny tubes inside the kidney). I was shocked that Cole has had so many kidney stones & CT scans, yet this is the first time we have heard of this disease. Cole will follow up with a Urologist on Monday. MSK is not curable. However, we are hoping the Urologist can help us come up with a game plan to reduce the number of kidney stone episodes & identify a way to avoid the ED. I hope Cole feels better soon!
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