Nope no history.
It ended up being not kidney stones and not a UTI. A weird blood clot was found on the ultrasound that was a result of his vasectomy, but that was not the issue.
He was sent home with pain meds (gabapenton(sp)) and a follow up with the dr that did the vasectomy 2 days later. The next day he passed ‘something’ that wasn’t a kidney stone but wasn’t nothing either. (He described it as a gelatinous cloudy blob that was in a starfish shape). I guess he about hit the deck as it passed but once out he was 100% better.
His doctor the next day was a little confused at the description of what passed but assured him the blood clot they found was nothing to worry about. That it was normal and after the snip there was no place for it to go.
Nothing since 🤷♀️ Everyone including his dr thinks it was probably related to the vasectomy.
I can think of better ways spend a Sunday morning, but he was in a room in the ER before I could hand off the car to the valet. So I can’t complain about the wait. I think the longest wait was after the ultrasound and before speaking with the on-call urologist.
One thing our ER does to keep beds turning over is they have what I’ll call side rooms that they use. It’s for people who are either waiting to be admitted or those they don’t want to discharge right away but may not be admitted.
My neighbor who was having TIAs spent the night in one. Same level of care that he would get after being admitted but without all of the fuss of being admitted. Also freed up the ER exam room for other patients. In his case they wanted to make sure the TIAs were done as it appeared they had finished so that meant a couple of CAT scans at regular intervals over a period of time.
Pics below are the exam rooms in the ER, which I’ll admit are a little nicer than most (they’re nicer than the picture, TV and a comfortable chair for visitors). Some do still have the bays with curtains but those are being phased out as hospitals renovate.