Two weeks after my last post I was back in the hospital for another 10 days, for a urinary tract infection. I was there on my wedding anniversary and on the 4th of July. But now I have been out of the hospital and infection free for 6 weeks.

However I have blood in my urine so after a few visits to the urologist and a number of tests and procedures, I was told that I have kidney stones in my native kidneys, and they can't pass because those kidneys don't work, so the only way to remove them would be by surgery. For now they are going to monitor the situation, if they don't get any bigger or cause infection we can just leave them alone.

I have been seriously depressed, and have spent hours lying on the couch crying. I missed the whole summer, no beach, no pool, no weekend getaways. I thought I would feel much better after the transplant, but I still tire easily and have very little energy.

I haven't been blogging mainly because my husband is usually home all day and he resents it. He doesn't say anything but I know it bothers him because his ex-wife ran off with someone she met over the Internet. But today he will be out for most of the afternoon.

I can't wait until he goes back to work, he likes to keep the house dark and cold, I like it warm and bright. I am not really well enough to do anything fun, so when he is here I just sit around under a blanket and feel sorry for myself.

On the bright side, my sister and her kids came down to visit for a week, I loved having them here, when they left my daughter went with them and spent 2 weeks in PA, where she had a great time.

My son will be down to visit at the end of the month, then he is going back to college, so I am really happy about that.