5 March 2008
The face of anxiety. After 19 years of poking and prodding and that's not even the invasive stuff, he still dutifully lays there waiting the ultrasound technician to begin.
This happens every 6 months so the urologist can check the kidney stone that sits in the lower pole of Josh's left kidney. Each time, I pray that for Josh's sake, the stone is gone. Each time, the tech pauses and affirmatively clicks and rolls taking pictures of the hideous thing as it sits there almost taunting me.
Your kid doesn't wake up one morning looking like he might have a kidney stone. No, this particularly insidious medical challenge arrives with PAIN and BLOOD. And in Josh's case, the one passing out his body brought our awareness of this one. Nearly 5 years ago.
