Of course, now my brother is on my ass about going in to work tonight. I haven't told him that I passed the stone, but he's still bugging me to try and come in. Apparently they're going to need me tonight, but I'm still really worn down and exhausted from being in constant pain for the past 3 days. I don't want him to get angry with me, and it would be nice to be able to make up the time, but I really don't feel like it. And yet, at the same time, I feel sort of guilty because I don't really need to be home today. Bleh. My car is still up at the hospital, so I don't really have any way to get there right now. I need to call my mom and see what she says...maybe she'll tell him that I need to be home today, or at least try to talk to him when he gets pissed at me later. I hate this.
Anyway...here's a picture of the evil little kidney stone. We put it next to a dime to show its size better.
Stupid little fucker...:P
How can something so freakin' tiny cause so much agony? o.o Yikes. Hate to think how much worse it would have been if it were larger. I'm glad that it's out.
ReplyDeleteI know you feel guilty and all about staying home but you are still recuperating and, as much as he is your brother and colleague, he needs to back off just a little. I know it gets really busy in there and as flattering and awesome as it is that you are important to ensuring everything runs correctly and efficiently, they should be able to run the lab without you and not need to bitch at you when you're taking time off because you were in physical pain and could hardly sleep, let alone run around working {though I'm sure you would have if you could have}.
Anyway, I think you should be given a bit of space. It's not like you aren't going back the moment you can. Until then, they should just suck it up and work hard.