{"id":4087,"date":"2014-07-01T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2014-07-01T14:09:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:09:32","slug":"what-a-summer-i-have-to-have-my-gallbladder-out-and-will-went-to-the-er-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/07\/01\/what-a-summer-i-have-to-have-my-gallbladder-out-and-will-went-to-the-er-saturday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"What a summer! I have to have my gallbladder out and Will went to the ER Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had more than 12 inches of rain in the last two weeks. Hey, it’s homesteading, right? But it didn’t help that I found out that I need gallbladder surgery, then after two attacks of severe pain in his left side, Will ended up in the ER Saturday night.<\/p>\n

I thought it was probably kidney stones as severe recurring pain in the left side and\/or back often indicates that, but you never know. So in we went. (Will doesn’t have health insurance and receives medical care through the VA…which isn’t open on weekends and evenings so we figured it’d be expensive.) After taking his blood pressure and temperature, the nurse handed him a urine cup and screen and pointed through the door to the bathroom. In a minute, Will came out with an amazed look on his face. There in the screen was what the nurse and doctor described as a “huge” kidney stone!<\/p>\n

Done deal! Relieved that we were right and that he’d passed the stone, we came home with follow-up instructions to keep screening urine and to contact his primary care VA doctor, which he will do.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how quickly health issues can pop up with no warning at all! Luckily, this was relatively minor and should be resolved. Now Will is making sure to drink plenty of extra water both for prevention and to flush out the big stone’s possible little brothers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the electric fence continues to keep the cattle and deer out of the corn\/pumpkin patch as it grows nicely. Will’s little 12-volt fence charger hooked to a truck battery is doing the trick. We’ll see if it keeps the deer away when the corn gets taller, though\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Fence-charger\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Will’s been working on the rock work on the new barn (I promise photos in the next blog!) and it looks real nice. We’ll always remember the spring 2014 seminar every time we look at the first section as the guys pitched in and learned slipform concrete work by building that section. Looks great, guys! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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