I Was Born This Way - My Diagnosis Of a Horseshoe Kidney

©2012 LaDena Campbell

Things are a little scary right now

Although I know whatever will be will be

I was born with a birth defect

That’s coming back to haunt me

When I was a kid I knew I was different

Though no one could see it on the outside

I was born with a horseshoe kidney

Have lived with a lifelong pain in my side

It can be a simple thing

Can cause no problems ever

But if I am hit in just the right spot

My connecting kidneys can sever

If this happens I will need a new kidney

Or I could die right there on the spot

This doesn’t bother me one little bit

It just scares me a whole lot

I went to the doctor last week

To see why I was in so much pain

I found that I had a blockage

That was so much to blame

Sometimes it hurts to go to the bathroom

I have to sit and try and try

It almost makes me double over

It makes me just want to cry

I had a temporary stint put in

To see if it would fix me

Now I may have to have major surgery

Just so that I can go pee