no good

Shannon called me earlier and asked me to come pick her up from work and take her to Urgent Care (her car is jacked up). She has a kidney stone (she had on before, but said this feels so much worse), but because of her lack of insurance, we wound up not going to Urgent Care. The eye doctor she works for called her husband, a regular doctor, and he sent a nurse down to tell her to drink a lot of water and take over the counter meds. She had already taken 800mgs of ibuprofen and it did not help. I was kind of mystified that the nurse could stand there and tell her that and Shannon's face was white and drawn and the nurse was like, well, obviously it's not too bad because you're sitting here talking to me. Shannon's doctor was like, look at her face. It was bad. So they didn't give her anything and I took her home and gave her some water and put a bunch in the fridge and did something mildly illegal. So she's supposed to call me if she starts throwing up or anything and then, fiscal consequences be damned, we will be going to Urgent Care. So, poor Shannon. Let's pray that she passes it soon and doesn't get a kidney infection to go with it.