Friday was a busy day for our family, it went something like this.
Get a call Thursday afternoon letting us know that both Dylan and Rhett are set up to be at the hospital at 7:30 am. You see they both needed to have surgery on their ears, meaning to have tubes placed in their ears. So as I was trying to think about who was going to watch Gavin and than take him to school I was panicking since the person that I had asked just had something come up so I was calling around and finally got my dad to watch him. So my dad told me that he was coming over at 7 am so we could be at the hospital by 7:30 am. Ok.... We woke all the children up and had them all ready for school and the hospital before 7 am. And since 2 of them couldn't eat anything we all went with out. We took Nikole to school and dropped her off a little early since the school opens at 7:20 am for breakfast thank goodness. From there we headed to the hospital and made it there right after 7:30 am! It was amazing to see my husband driving like me, a little crazy. :) LOL!
We get there and check in. After that we wait and wait and wait. Man it is the waiting that kills seriously! Finally when it was their turn we got them measured, weighted, bp (blood pressures), temps, etc... Making sure they were fit as fiddles and ready to go. Then the both dressed in the hospital gowns and sat them together and got a cute picture since this was the first time they went in for surgery at the same time. Rhett was reading a book and Dylan was throwing a fit because he had a bracelet on that said his name. LOL!! Then we went to another waiting room grateful that they didn't have a anesthesiologist that I don't really like. As we entered another waiting room the toys are on one side of the wall and on the other side are the video games. So of course Rhett headed straight for the video games and Dylan wanted to play with the toys. It was a good thing that we were both there.
The doctors came and talked to us and told us that Dylan will be going in first and then Rhett. They were only going to be in the OR for about 20 minutes. So they gave Dylan his versed and some ibuprofen and than was able to take him right back with in less than 5 minutes. Wow that was fast. I walked with him back to the door and then walked back to where Rhett was with daddy playing video games.
I gave my dad a call and told him that there was a good chance that we will be home before Gavin gets out of school. I thanked him for watching Gavin and taking him to school for us. He told me that Gavin was being very good and that everything was fine.
In 5 minutes after I got back they came to give Rhett the medicine and then with in less than 15 minutes the doctor that just finished with Dylan was there talking with us and told us that Dylan's right ear drum has a little scar tissue and everything went well. And the anesthesiologist came and told us that Dylan did great and then we walked Rhett to the door to the OR. We were then told that we needed to go to the waiting room and that Dylan would probably be ready for us. Ok...
We get to the waiting room after giving Rhett and hug and a kiss. We check in and find out that they have not called for Dylan's parents so we sat down and waited for about 15 minutes or less and then the doctor came in and talked with us telling us that the pressure in Rhett's ears have been relieved and the tubes had been placed just fine. He explained to us why Rhett's ears needed tubes since he didn't have the fluid or the infections that Dylan had had. His ears had suction and his ear drum was being sucked into his ear. He said that when that happens that can cause cysts and destroy the ear bones. So it was very important that he have them placed so that it didn't do anything very bad.
Less than 5 minutes after he left they had called for Dylan's parents. So we went back together and found him in the corner and drinking some apple juice. He still looked tired and a little woozy too. LOL! After we got there the nurse said that everything was going well and asked if we could go over the discharge papers now before Rhett arrived since once he arrived we might be too busy. She said we are not going to discharge you right now but you are going to busy with both the boys as soon as Rhett gets here. So we went over everything and signed, then in less than 5 minutes after she finished Rhett arrived and was sitting up looking around. LOL! He is like that sometimes. He was asking about video games as he was being rolled down the hall. Then he was placed right next to Dylan, which I have pictures of. They sure are cute together!
About 30 minutes later we were getting them dressed and ready to leave. This has been the fastest hospital stay that we have ever had. We left about 11:00 am! I know can you believe it! We were starving since none of us had eaten anything since the boys couldn't eat and we hadn't had anytime to get anything so we all went to breakfast. LOL!! I know breakfast at almost lunch time sounds crazy but after thinking of breakfast for 4 hours you can't just skip it.
As soon as we were done we went and got Gavin. Then we had to go get some birthday presents for Nikole since her birthday is coming up and the boys need to pick somethings out for her. As soon as we were done we came home and tried not to collapsed. We were all very tired since we were all up very early and only the 2 boys had slept anytime that day.
Then later that day I ran and got Nikole and decide to take her to the store so she can get a treat to take to her class Monday. She was very excited. We went and got some new clothes for her, Dylan and than treats for her class. It is funny since we were gone for at least 3 hours. It was great just doing girl things like shopping and just hanging out together just mother and daughter. When we came home all the boys were well and happy to see us.
What a very long day that it had been. I was glad to see it end.
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