MY husband took me to the ER, and it turned out I had a deformed
kidney that was blocked, full of stones, and I had a stone trapped in my urethra. A
kidney specialist actually told my it was the "funkiest" kidney he had ever seen. They put a stint in me for 3 months, and then they blasted the stones with a laser. My left kidney is now about 30% functional. (My right is normal.)
I'm now 4 months pregnant, and having pain on my left side.