Kidney Stones and studying.

Yesterday Morning around 4:30 AM as Ray was getting ready for bed, he started having a sharp pain in the bottom left side of his abdomen that spread around to his back and down to his groin. It was causing him quite a bit of pain but he was able to lie down & fall asleep for about 20 min, then he woke up rolling around in pain barely able to move and feeling nauseated, he went into the bathroom to throw-up. I went in to check on him a few minutes later and he was still rolling in pain and nauseated but had not thrown up yet, we decided he needed to go to the ER. When we got there he was in so much visible pain that they took him straight back and did a ct scan. He has a great big kidney stone, they are not sure he will be able to pass it on his own, they might try to break it up with ultra sound waves or he might have to have surgery, we will know after his visit with the urologist. Poor guy!!!

On a healthier note, I went and spoke with an academic counselor at SLCC about starting classes and whether or not I should enroll in the Materials Science Engineering program through SLCC and get an Associate of Pre-Engineering (APE) or get my Associate of Science (AS) and then enroll in the Materials Science Program at the U of U, both options have advantages and disadvantages. If I get my APE, which is designed for a transfer to the U of U, then I wont have an AS and may not be able to transfer my credits to any school besides the U of U, but the APE also has reduced General Education requirements so I wouldn't have to take some of those pointless classes people have to take just to fulfill their credit hours, plus I plan on transferring to the U of U anyway so I don't really know that it would make much difference to me that other schools may not accept my credits, I am new to this whole college deal though so People who have done this please feel free to offer advice. Anyway I have been studying like crazy and have this whole upcoming week off to continue studying for my accuplacer exam which I will take on the 6Th of December and then register for classes on the 7Th. Scary and Exciting all at the same time.

So please wish us luck as we strive to pass tests and stones.