Friday, July 11, 2008

Chris & Abby got surgery!!!!!

Yesterday Chris and Abby got surgery. Abby had tubes inserted in her ears and Chris had the same plus adenoidectomy ( adenoids removed).
At first ( I'm not goin to lie) we where really scared, cause they never got surgery before, and as a parent you don't want your kids to suffer any kind of pain.
It was a little scary they both would had the same surgery the same day cause i didn't know how bad they would feel after it.

The night before the surgery we pray a lot and ask for patience and serenity while they had the procedure.
We had to be at the clinic at 6:30 in the morning,Chris and I woke up and got ready and after we were ready we woke up the kids and seat them in the car( still half asleep and in their pajamas).
We got there and they have a waiting room with toys and TV so the kids where busy and playing while we sign up some documents.
After 10 minutes the nurse came and call us, she took us to a different room and then they ask us to change their pajamas and get them in the shirts that the clinic provided.
Then the Dr. Herras came and talk to us and explain the procedure (again) and she answer all our questions ( we didn't had much to ask ).
After 5 minutes in that room another nurse came and ask Abby to go with her, we where surprise that she hop in the nurse arms with no fuss. I was scared but i couldn't show that because we still had Chris with us...
After 10 minutes a different nurse came and ask Chris to go with her and blow a pink balloon ( the anesthesia mask). They had a wagon and Chris hop in the wagon and play driving it while they took him away... Chris and I where so anxious to know what was going on inside but we just had to way...
The nurses asked us to go to a different room ( recovering room) and wait there. they gave us the biggest room they have because we had two patients.
We didn't wait much there maybe 10 minutes maybe less but seemed long for me, Then we saw Abby in the arms of a nurse and they came to us, Abby was soooo calm and content! As soon s she saw us she jump in to my arms. Immediately Daddy wanted to hold his baby girl and took her from my arms. She didn't cry but was really really quite.
Then the nurse brought apple juice and Popsicles that Abby ate like she never had one before lol.
After 20 minutes maybe... A nurse brought Little Chris and he was still drudged and half asleep he tried to hold his head up but he couldn't..and as soon as he saw us he stared to cry and scream: i have a boo boo help me mommy help me daddy! that broke my heart. He tried to take his IV out and pull it several times but we ask the nurse if he still need that and she said it was OK to take it out then so she took it out. He cry sooo hard and scream for about 40 minutes we felt so bad cause we couldn't do anything to make him feel better, It was horrible cause we tough he was in pain, but the nurse later explain to us that was just the sickness and sensation of disorientation when they are waking up from the anesthesia.

After those 40 minutes he felt better and better and ask for water.Then the Dr. came and gave us the instructions for home and we where out of there ,,, I mean they are awesome people but i really wanted to be at home taking care of them.

On our way home we asked them if they were hungry and they asked for pancakes and juice!! That was a good sign they were hungry!!!!

And then we stop at Denny's and had breakfast and went home and they being feeling better and better and actually last night they where running and jumping normally!

Now.. we just have to keep an eye on them until the follow up appointment with the doctor.

2 comments:

Lauren Clyde said...

Oh hey!! I'm so glad you found us on here! I've been wondering about you guys. Yea, we can stay friends on here!! I bet you have had a long weekend taking care of your babies. Poor things, that's rough. I hope their recovery is quick.

I feel so bad by the way... I still have your gate! I forget how to get to your house. Tyler remembers but he's gone so much of the time. We'll bring it back, I promise!!

Mike and Emma said...

You poor things. I'm so sad that you had to go through that experience with your kids. It makes you realize how much you love them, and how you would do anything for them! I'm glad to hear that they are doing okay now. Keep us updated, & we'll keep you in our prayers! We love you.

--Emma

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