Some people thought we were crazy and maybe we were, both Katelyn and Davis needed tubes so we just went ahead and did them back to back on the same day. They were scheduled at 8:50 but we had to be there at 7:20 so it was an early morning for us for sure! Even though it was minor surgery you still worry about putting your babies to sleep. I went back with Katelyn to be put the sleep and then was with her in the recovery room and then Lance met me there after Davis was put to sleep. Got to love teamwork!
Davis LOVES his ENT doctor, which amazes us since he does not have much of a personality. He is a great doctor and super nice, but just not overly outgoing or someone that I would think Davis would remember. Oddly, he really is his favorite doctor. When Dr. Bauer cut his bottom frenulum a few months back when Davis woke up the first thing he said when he woke up was "You broke my tongue!" this had them all laughing. All week Davis has been telling Katelyn that Dr. Bauer is going to cut her tongue and put her tubes in, he was pretty excited about the whole process...ha! When he saw the doctor come in he lit up and said (Really Loud) "Hi Dr. Bauer!" I think he made Dr. Bauer's day, I don't know how many kids greet him like that.
Davis had to have both of his tubes put back in. They fell out several months ago and since then he has had fluid on his ears. After watching it for a while, and two ear infections later, we really pushed for tubes again and Dr. Bauer agreed. He also had to have his top frenulum in his mouth cut. This was the third time we have had to put Davis under for surgery and he did great again. He is such an easy going little guy.
Katelyn on the other had was not easy going....imagine that! She was great until I went back with her to be put under. Lance was telling me about what to expect because he always goes back with Davis, well it did not go the same way with little Katelyn. She screamed and held her breath while they were trying to get her mask on her. Let me just say that she did not stop SCREAMING until we got in the car to go home. They brought her back from surgery and she SCREAMED bloody murder until we left. It was well over an hour of screaming crying, we could not get her settled down. She had to have tubes in both ears, and both her top and bottom frenulums cut. Both of her ears were still extremely infected with fluid on them so I am so glad we went ahead and had hers put in as well. Last night she said two new words out of the blue "hi" and "mama". She also was drinking correctly from her straw cup.....coincidence...I don't think so! Lance and I have heard her say more sounds the past two days and I am so excited for her. She also is trying to walk more and seems to have a little better balance.
After the surgery, Davis was looking at Kateyln like she was a crazy woman because of her excessive crying. They both did great with drinking their fluids after. We finally got them ready to go home and they both threw up twice in the hospital room. I bet the nurses were glad to get us out the door. And then Davis threw up again in his brand new car seat on the way home....FUN TIMES! :) Davis was so helpful to Katelyn the whole day and was so sweet to her. He even helped her pick out her elephant to, which she loved! Davis picked out a train whistle and has taken it everywhere the past two days.
Katelyn was really eyeing Davis' toy he picked out and was quite determined to take it.
She is pretty sneaky as you can tell. Everyone is posing for a picture and she is trying to steal her brother's toy....NICE!
Katelyn after her surgery.....look at her poor lip, it looked so sad in person the pictures don't really do it justice! My dad said she was way too young for collagen injections.
So thankful that we are so blessed with Children's Healthcare and wonderful doctor's and nurses. Also blessed with a wonderful husband and support system. All our family called to check on the little ones and Meme and Opa brought us over dinner so we didn't have to worry about cooking which was wonderful.
Davis did great and has not complained one time about his ears or mouth. Katelyn bless her heart had a hard time and then woke up with a fever of 102.7 and that was with Tylenol every four hours. We got worried it was an infection. We had to call the surgeon emergency and then the pediatrician. But long story short everything was fine and it was just a fever virus thank goodness, I don't think we could have taken anything else this week.
Each time I go through something like this I am just overly thankful for our health. So many families struggle with this all the time and the hospital is their home which I know is so hard. I feel horrible for complaining about our little incidents when so many have this as their daily life. Thankful for our many blessings that is for sure!
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I would have done the same thing! Just getting it over with is I think so much better. I am so happy that all went well, and that Katelyn is using more sounds/words now. That's so exciting.
Wow that is crazy!!! Why did you have their frenulums cut?
Susannah, Davis was tongue tied at birth and could not nurse and his was cut then. Then he had to have it cut again for speech reasons. Katelyn's was not as bad as his, but was impacting her suck with the straw etc. I just didn't want it to get in the way of her speech as it did iwth Davis. Their top frenulums were very tight as well so we just decided to do it all since they were already put under. Strange, but obviously the gene is somewhere in our families....just not sure where.
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