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Monday the twins went to the surgical center to deal with their eye issues. We were the first appointment so we got there before most of the staff. It was SO early but it didn’t really matter because I slept like crap the night before. How about I back up and tell you about the days preceding the surgery.

On Friday my friend Anne came over for lunch to visit (finally). Unfortunately it ended early because I got a horrible stomachache. I seriously thought I had gotten food poisoning. After a couple of hours of lying in a fetal position, thinking about which food that I consumed that could have been the culprit, it went away. While I was lying in bed moaning Tadd decided to take the twins out for a few hours so I could rest. It was the longest he has had them on his own and he did great. I finally recovered, so all should be good in the world right?! Wrong. For the rest of the weekend every time I ate something I felt like I was going to vomit. I worked it out that it wasn’t food poisoning or a virus. No fever, vomiting, diarrhea etc. Then on Sunday night Tadd and I were discussing if we wanted to wake the twins at 2 am to feed them one last time, because after that they wouldn’t be able to eat until they recovered from the anesthesia. I was concerned that would be too long. No need to worry because the twins, the ones who sleep like troopers all through the night, decided to wake up at 12:40 A.M. screaming. Derby was close to inconsolable. I think they knew something was coming up. We fed them and got them back to bed, but of course I was done. I couldn’t stay asleep and was worried. I will jump forward and say that when I ate lunch after coming home from the surgery I was fine. My milk production that unexpectedly dropped last week, it is starting to come back. I guess it was all stress related. Aughh I am glad that is all over.

• Loen: Loen had an exam under anesthesia and it turns out her eyes look fine. No cloudy lens that he could see. She is near sighted in one eye but not the other so she will probably need glasses as a child. No surprise there as Tadd and I both wear (wore) glasses. SOMEBODY got Lasik and it wasn’t me. When they brought her back to recover we were still in the back waiting for them to take Derby. Loen was asleep with a little plastic airway protector in her mouth. She looked very peaceful. Then suddenly it was like everything wore off at once. She spit the tube out of her mouth, rolled over onto her stomach and smiled at everybody. That kid is such a ham.

• Derby: A Super Trooper considering it was a crappy day for him. We expressed our wishes to be in the recovery room when he woke up so he wouldn’t be afraid. That didn’t happen. After what felt like an eternity I could see the Doctor and nurses going in and out of the recovery room. I was waiting for them to come get us and it was driving me up the wall to see them but no one was bringing us back. Finally the doctor came out and said his surgery went well but they were dealing with Derby’s IV and would come get us once they “cleaned it up”. Finally we got to go back and he had the most pathetic and hoarse cry (from having the breathing tube during surgery). He was crying bloody tears (spooky to see let me tell you). His IV infiltrated and they had to take it out before he could get more pain medication. The gave him a dose of oral narcotics but that meant we had to stay in the recovery room for an hour so they could watch him. He was very sad. He calmed once we got him home and then he slept for 6 hours straight. I just sat on the bed watching him. The next day he looked like he had been maced. The white parts of his eyes were swollen and red, but at least he was happy.

  

  We will see the eye doctor next week to see how he is progressing. You know what is really fun? Eye drops! Eye drops 4 times a day!! Derby will be happy and looking at you as you advance with the dropper. I try to warn him that they are coming, but he flips out then refuses to open his eyes again so I can get drops in his other eye. He must think we are torturing him. Did I mention I am so glad that is over with?!

Derby looking irked at me

Loen looking apprehensive like I am going to take her to the Doctors or something (and she would be correct)

Just for the hell of it I threw in a lovely tooth shot of Miss Loen