A few posts ago, I said that summer of 2020 might just be our most adventurous summer yet. While the last six weeks have been quite different, they have been adventurous nonetheless. Blake took a 20 foot climbing fall the day after we backpacked Twin Lakes. Thankfully, he broke nothing just bruised his heels very badly. He did however, spend four hours alone in the ER with doctors and nurses talking about the possibility of a broken back all while he was in shock. While they were scanning his back, they noticed that he had massive kidney stones. This lead to a fun (super sarcastic) four weeks for Blake. The kidney stone was too large to pass which meant surgery. He went in for surgery on July 22. The doctor told him there was a 5% chance that the surgery wouldn’t work……. Blake is in the 5%. The surgery didn’t work. He had to have a stent placed up his you know what for two weeks until they could attempt surgery again. The surgery worked the second go around and they retrieved the kidney stones. It was honestly an awful experience and we are go glad it’s over.