Alicia has been in a great deal of pain lately. She recovered very nicely from her surgery, but about the same day I wrote the entry about that, she started to experience some pain in her left side. I was pretty convinced it was her appendix. UNC Hospitals' on-call OB-GYN wasn't sure what the problem was, but those symptoms aren't usually associated with the surgery, so yesterday Alicia went to see our doctor. They suspected it was a kidney stone, but urinalysis was inconclusive and her blood test didn't indicate anything interesting happening with her gall bladder or appendix. They did prescribe a large bottle of narcotics, though, and she'll be going back on Wednesday morning for further testing. If that turns up negative, they'll probably send her to the hospital for a more intensive battery of tests.

*My apologies to Herve Villechaize