Kinda miss boring

Yesterday I spent 6.5 hours at the doctor and at labor and delivery.  I've been having pain on my left side above my hip, and it started getting really bad yesterday.  I called the Dr. and they were able to see me after work.  Dr. thought it was likely something having to do with my kidney, so he sent me to the ER for a renal ultra sound.  They, of course, wouldn't just do it and made me go to L&D first to be monitored.  Baby was doing great and I wasn't having any contractions, so I got to get in line for the ultra sound.  During the scan, the tech couldn't find my right kidney and the left was enlarged and backed up.  Turns out I don't have a right kidney, so the left is working extra right now. 

My OB called this morning, after talking to a urologist, saying I needed to go see the urologist today.  The urologist was really concerned with my test results from yesterday, and ordered blood work to check my kidney function.  She doesn't think that I have a right kidney hiding anywhere, based on the size of the one on the left, which is where the biggest area of concern comes in.  She ordered repeat blood work for Monday and a repeat renal ultrasound.  She said that if today's blood work came back really bad, I would have to go in for surgery this weekend to put a shunt from my kidney to my bladder.  Fortunately, the results came back better than expected.  She said that that can change in 24 hours, but it's good for now.  I could have a kidney stone or baby/uterus is pressing on my ureter (the tube from the kidney to the bladder), causing the pain.  Because of the pregnancy, they can't do the tests that they'd normally do to find out what's going on.  In the mean time, I get to strain my pee to catch any stone that passes and I have a prescription for vicodin for pain.  

Apparently, it isn't uncommon to only have one kidney from birth.  most people don't even know about it unless they have an abdominal CT or a surgery that shows it.   Hopefully I'll have more answers next week.