My Kidney Stone:((

Well after 117 days on the road and both of us feeling great and our first day in Alaska something not so good happened. We had been at the Hart D Ranch for about 3 hours when I started to get a sharp pain in the groin area. It kept getting worse and I could hardly stand up and we knew that I had to go some place for treatment. Lucky for us the owner Mary DeHart called the clinic, which was 8 miles away and they could see me. So we got our neighbors to watch the dogs as we had no idea how long we might be gone. You must understand if that place wasn't there we would have had to go 78 miles to the next clinic. So we were LUCKY!! Off we went with Suzanne driving for the first time in months, 8 miles to the clinic. Well the clinic was a 2 room log cabin run by Dede a nurse practitioner who saw us drive in and waved us to the clinic. She saw how much pain I was in and got a urine sample and sure enough she said KIDNEY STONE and started an IV. Now I have never had a kidney stone in my life and never want to again. She gave me pain medication and it helped some but the pain was the worst I have ever had. After about 2 hours she gave me a different pain medication and the pain started to lessen. We think I finally passed the stone as the pain stopped and she allowed me to go back to the campground. Dede was the greatest and checked everything else to make sure it couldn't have been some other problem. She even came by the campground the next day to check on me as I was pretty worn out from the rampage of the KIDNEY STONE!! If you are ever close to Slana, Alaska and need some medical attention visit Dede at the North Country Clinic, she is my hero!! I was able to drive to Wasilla/Palmer with out much discomfort. So it appears I am going to be fine. I am going to drink lots of water to keep kidneys flushed.