"This is Your Life": A Kidney Stone Komedy

I've been trying real hard to keep a positive attitude about all that has happened this weekend, but I gotta tell you...it's getting tougher with each passing moment.  I look back on the events of the past couple of days and can't help but think that it would make a great movie.  What a comedy of errors.  I would go see it.  Just not sure I'm enjoying living it right now. ;-)  I try to keep perspective and I realize that this is nothing in light of eternity and that things could be far, far worse.  Holding on to that attitude keeps me grateful and hopeful.  Truly, we are very blessed.  So, as I share with you our story and our struggles over the past few days, I want to be sure that you understand beforehand that this is not meant to be a pity party.  I don't want you to leave this post thinking I'm just a perpetual complainer or pessimist or that I don't appreciate just how good I've got it.  I see myself as quite the opposite.  There's always a ray of sunshine somewhere, a silver lining to every cloud, and a blessing among any storm.  Honestly, despite everything that's ever happened to me over the course of my entire life, I've been given the most precious gift of all and one that I could never earn or repay...the love of God and the hope of eternity with Him.  This post is really meant more for comedy's sake and to help me regain my sense of humor.  It's truly uncanny to me just how much has been thrown at us since Friday.  Yet even among the chaos, there have been precious moments of joy and laughter which I will also soon share.  Having said that, here's the story...