Feeling Better!

A quick little update. The kidney stone surgery was not as wonderful as I'd hoped it would be. The anesthesia made me sick & it took me a long time before it completely went out of my system. They had to place a stent from my kidney to my bladder to make sure the ureter would remain open & it ended up being the most painful week of my life. I was doped up on Hydrocodone, Motrin & antibiotics and eventually ended up in the ER for even stronger pain medication. Needless to say, I slept A LOT. The stent was removed yesterday & I feel SO much better. I honestly don't remember a whole lot of last week. Kenzie had dance competition on Saturday & did an amazing job. Her group had 3 dances & she had her first solo. They received "high gold" for each dance & she took 1st place & received a "high gold" for her solo as well. My in-laws & bro & sis-in-law came to visit that day too but I spent most of my time in bed. They were awesome & helped clean my house while Chris, Keith & Mark spent time working on the swingset. Another exciting event was the birth of my new niece! Abby & Shane had their little girl, Delaney Alexandra, on Friday. She is so precious & I can't wait to meet her. I hate that we live so far away from one another. Hopefully life will be a little more normal now that I'm feeling better. I'm having some withdrawl issues from the narcotics (i think) so I'm still very sleepy but hopefully I can nap when the little girls are napping. Thanks for your prayers! Here are a few dance competition pics...