Husband of the Year Award

Nate said that I should title this post "Deja Vu", because on our way home from Idaho today we stopped at the same gas station that we stopped at just two weeks ago. I know what you are all thinking..."Are they ever home?" Just a couple more weeks and this madness will end for now.

Here's the reason for my title. Of course I think my husband is thoughtful, but your not going to believe what he did. We have been in Sun Valley, ID the past few days. Did I mention it's one of my favorite places on earth. Nate hasn't had any episodes with his kidney stones for a few days. He wakes me up Friday morning at 3:00am to tell me that he's been having intense pain again. He tells me that he is just going to walk around the lodge..... at 7:00am I wake up and wonder if Nate has already headed to the Derm Conference. I pick up my phone and find this text.

"Baby I had to go to the hospital. The lodge took me. The car is there for you."

Are you kidding me. At that point I felt like the worst wife in the world. I tried calling him, but he didn't pick up at first. Finally on my way to the hospital he answered his phone. In his drugged voice he told me that "He didn't want to wake me up again." When I reach the the hospital I find him in an ER bed with a morphine drip. They had already done CT scans and found a large stone about to reach his bladder and more in his kidneys. I was so upset at him, but how mad can you be at someone who's going through pains similar to labor! After a few hours he was released and we've just been waiting...for the next episode.

A big thanks to Bruce who was the CEO of the hospital for giving Nate a blessing. Also thanks to Auntie M & Lauren for watching Madison while I was at the hospital with Nate. Here's a picture she painted at the Lichtenburgs.

Lauren & Chloe took Madison swimming today before we left.

On our way home we went to the Idaho State Fair with Grandma & Grandpa. I forgot my camera in the car, so no pics.