Tonsils Times Two - Crazy or Smart???

Brother and Sister Bear both geared up early yesterday morning to embark on a painful journey...

Tonsillectomies!!!

We left home at 4:45 in the morning, wondering what the heck we had done scheduling both on the same day! Are we SMART or CRAZY? Once we got there and checked in, I decided we had done the right thing. These two cubs take good care of each other and this way we are only going through the recuperating one time.

First things first, show off our new jammies that Nanny dropped off to us... monkies for Sister Bear and LEGO Star Wars for Brother Bear. (Note: Thank goodness for two pair of monkey jammies cause Sister woke up wet from stem to stern and had to rinse off and get new jammies before leaving home.)

Then head to the back for Pre-Op blood pressure and temperature checks. Sister Bear hugged Brother and told him it was all gonna be okay. Guess she thought that blood pressure cuff would squeeze his arm in two!

Brother Bear held on to her and made sure she was okay too!

No more photos, as the next thing was hospital gowns and we all know how those go! Brother got the sea life one and Sister got the clowns. She refused to wear it because it wasn't her monkey jammies!

Everything else went as planned, "loopy" meds for Sister, Brother laughing at her, Sister goes back, "loopy" meds for Brother, Momma and Poppa Bear laugh at him, good report on Sister, Sister moves to recovery, Brother goes back, Momma gets nervous cause now she doesn't have either cub, hear Sister crying, Sister comes back to us, good report on Brother, he moves to recovery then over to us. Final results were: Sister Bear's tonsils were HUGE, bigger than Brother's, and her left ear drum needed repair where the button had torn out. Brother Bear's tonsils were not so big, but filled with toothpaste consistency puss. Both cubs got a good ear cleaning, too! Now they have no excuse for not cleaning their rooms when I tell them to!!!

Recovery at the surgery center went as recoveries go, trying to get the cubs to drink and wake up. Brother was a trooper and chugged that juice, should have alarmed me, but didn't set off the dinger... more on that later. Once we got the all good, we packed up to head home. Poppa pulled the car up front, Momma carried Sister and Brother took a ride in the "Cadillac" wheelchair. We loaded up, buckled in and got ready to head home. We made it about 50 yards toward the end of the parking lot and DING! DING! DING! Brother started gagging. We stopped, opened his door, and he commenced to re-delivering ALL that apple juice! Needless to say, my shoes and pants needed washing along with Brother's jammies and blanket and my car seats! After that, the trip home was good.

Our home recovery is going pretty good... ice cream, popsicles, jello, and pudding along with all-they-can-drink buffets! Good friends and family are making sure Momma and Poppa eat and we are on the road to recovery!!!

So far, I think we are SMART! This hasn't been so bad and it is summer, so Momma Bear can stay home with no worries about work. Poppa went back in today but keeps tabs on us with phone calls and texts. Wish us luck on the road to recovery and hopefully this marks our turn toward good health for all!

Wishing you and yours good health and happy days!

Love ya!