Norris Family Blog

Kidney Stone and Kathy Mattea Concert

Wednesday started off a little crazy. Linda thought Stacey was going to have some problems but they never developed. She told me and I went in to the living room to keep an eye on Stacey while she watched TV. The next thing I knew I was having pains in my lower back and wallering around in the bed room trying to find some way to get relief from the pain. There was none for about 2 hours. Finally, I dozed off to sleep and when I woke up the pain was gone. Linda asked me to attend a meeting to check on getting a 'quilt block' made for the old barn. I went to the meeting and listened, then returned home and when I did the pain returned. Linda talked me into going to see Dr Rice in town, but when we arrived at his office it was closed for the day. We returned to the house and I had bouts with the pain the rest of the evening. Thursday morning, Linda and Stacey left for Smith's Grove to baby sit for Julie. I tossed and turned in the bed and on the couch most of the day as I went in and out of sleeping. The pain wasn't as bad as it had been but it was still there to worry me. Friday morning I ate a sandwich and drank part of a coke and the pain increased, so I decided if it became worse, I would go to the doctor. It did and I went to Dr Rice's office and again it was closed. I drove to the hospital and saw his truck so I went in and asked to see him. I was told, he wasn't on call, he was doing rounds and I would have to see the doctor in the emergency room. I said OK and they checked me in as soon as I showed them my insurance card. I had to answer all the routine questions and give a urine sample, then the lady doctor came and talked to me. I told her I thought I might have a kidney stone, but I wasn't a doctor and wasn't trying to do her job. I mentioned that I had kidney stones before and she said from the description, I might have one again. She said they would do a CAT scan and see what turned up. After putting on robes to cover my butt, I walked down to the room and laid down for the CAT scan. It took about 10 minutes and it was over. The girls sent me back to the ER and I asked if I could get dressed. They said no. This was the first time I thought that I might not get to go home. Don't know why that had not occurred to me before then. Finally, the little woman doctor came in and said it was a kidney stone and she was waiting on the urine test to see if I had any infection before letting me leave. After about 15 minutes she came back and said I could get dressed and prepare to go home. She told me it looked like the stone was moving towards coming out on it's own, to drink lots of liquids and if I had trouble to see Dr Rice. I thanked them and left the hospital and went home after filling a prescription she gave me. Linda and Stacey had just arrived before I made it home. They were ready to go to Glasgow to see Kathy Mattea in concert at the Plaza Theatre. Linda drove us over and we arrived in time to get our usual parking spot by the courthouse, then head in to the theater.
   
   
Of all the singers and bands we have seen at the Plaza, Kathy has the best voice of them all. The first half of her show, she sang her hits and old songs that had made her famous. Then she and the band took a 15 minute break and came back and sang the songs from her latest CD entitled "Coal". They were sad songs about the struggle of the men working in the coal mines of eastern KY and West Virginia. They left the stage and Kathy came back and did an encore song without any accompaniment then the band came back and they played 3 songs for the encore and the concert was over. Kathy had sang for right at 2 hours not including their break. It was acoustically the best sounding concert I've attended. The only bad thing I can say is the choice of material is depressing.