Well I had my first trip to the ER today. Since Wednesday I have been in pain and not able to void more than 100cc at a time, when I would try to cath it seemed to get blocked. Being snowed in here on the Island I knew I would never make the journey to Seattle. Calling my Dr he advised me to go to the Urgent Care here in town when I got there they looked at me like I was nuts and said we aren't touching you. Go to the ER, getting back in my truck I made the normal 20 minute drive to the local ER in 1/ 1/2 hours. They got me in right away. Seems I had a really bad mucus block. Of course once they were able to get a larger cath in my relief was great. I have the beginning signs of a UTI so they have started me on Cipro. The funny thing is I had plenty of Dr's that came in to see me and Nurses all curious about my Neo-Bladder. I felt like I was at a freak show. 5 hours later I was released and made my long journey home. Now we have another storm approaching and the husband is in San Diego and I am praying nothing happens between now and when he gets home on the 22nd. Any suggestions on how to keep my new bladder from backing up? I do irrigate once a week and try to drink 4 to 5 bottles of water a day.