2011/12/8 hospitalized

2011/12/8
Suffered thru the long flight with chills and fever. Luckily I had a whole row to myself to Huston Texas. But there was no relief from pain no matter which way I lay. During the lay over, I really got chilled. My teeth were chattering so bad, I thought they would fall out. I left an unsightly deposit at the drinking fountain while trying to hydrate. Then the fever returned. I didn't want to be hopitalized in Texas, so I suffered the next leg to Phoenix.
Soon as I got home, I took a long hot shower. Such a luxury, but the pain was so bad, I went to the emergency room. Good thing. I had a conpletely blocked ureter with a 7.4mm kidney stone. They gave me morphine. Finally pain free. But I will be here a while. They did a procedure to drain the angry puss infected kidney and will do something to blast the stone once I stabilize my blood pressure and infections. I am starting to fear for my sailing career. Its a hard life.