Boy was I sick...

Last monday after we went out to eat I had this terrible gas like pain. Boy it hurt so bad but I just walked around and acted normal because I thought it was gas and would eventually move on. Move on it did, it wrapped around my right side strait into my back, about near the bottem quarter midway between my spine and the outside. The pain was almost unbearable, but thinking it would just go away in the morning, I went on to bed after some tossing and turning to try to get comfortable. Tuesday morning came and I was pretty much fine except a nucence in my back, a pain but not unbearable-kind of like a bruise. So I went through the day like normal; cook, clean, laundry, play with the kids, clean some more, watch a bit of tv....cook some more you get it the same ole stuff. I was fine, until bed time rolled around-the unbearable pain was back and I couldn't understand what it was or why it hurt so badly. Next morning I wake up-nautious, and in a ton of pain. Stayed pretty bad all day so I moved about the day extreamly slow, mostly laying on the couch-the center of the house-to monitor the children and attend them with as little effort as possible as I was in a ton of pain. Brian, poor dear he tried so badly to help but he was stuck at work and since I refused to go to the hospital there was little he could do as we really needed the money. Well, thursday rolled around and early that morning I woke up every couple hours from 3AM throwing up the nothing I ate all day wendsday and mostly water, until 7AM where the kids woke me up, Rhayne demanded me to lay on the couch so she could take care of me. Poor dear she was such a sweety. She 'helped' me on into the bathroom where I vomited some more, ugh. Then, to the couch we went. I laid down for a while, then surved up some cereal for the kids, easiest thing I could think of at the time. They ate, put their bowls away and we all watched TV for a few hours, man I am so greatful I have really good kids--sure they made a pretty big mess of the place, but they acted civil and when daddy took over he had the strength to help them clean the mess up so it wasn't so bad. I stayed pretty bad even through thursday and when he got home then we decided to go to the hospital, where I learned after some time that I have an infection on my kidney and they give me meds for that and the pain. That evening I slept like a baby and come Friday I wasn't doing my best but Brian stayed home, and broke the truck!!!! OK so not on purpouse, he went to get some grapes for me, I figured I may be able to keep them down and they can sit at room tempature and aren't too filling. On his way back the rear end just completly went out on him. He had to sit there for a few hours to wait for a tow. Luckily he put the little kids down for a nap and they were barely getting up when he got home so it wasn't too bad on me-I slept the rest of the day and through much of Saturday and by that evening I felt good enough to get out in the kitchen and prepare the next day's meal. I got a bit dizy and faint-oh because I never mentioned the fevers I was having. Boy, I could fall asleep anywhere, and I couldn't sit up for more than a few minutes at a time because I kept getting these moderatly high fevers- 102.4-103.0 degree and would have the oddest dreams that I thought where real. Plus they'd only last a little while but I'd break one and another would come, kind of like contractions on top of contractions but they'd last about 15 minutes, break I'd have a few minutes and they'd come right back. The weirdest thing I tell you. So I'd be sweaty and freezing constantly. I think between that and the nausia from the pain those were the worst! Well by sunday evening I was mostly myself, much like I was on tuesday I still had a bit of back pain but as long as I took a break every bit and I'd move at a moderate pace I was fine. But throught all that some good news did come, I quit smoking and today makes the first week I've gone with out a cigarette! I'm so proud of myself. I've actually been trying for a while but nothin helps like nausia-that's what help me quit with the kids, but now I'm not pregnant and I'm trying to make a new life choice decision...let's just hope I can make it. It's tough and today I had my very first craving but I give myself confidance, tell myself I made it this far I can go another week. One day at a time not a big goal.