Tubes for Twins

Ben, Billy, and Will right before surgery. Ben definitely knows something is up.
Afternoon picnic with Ben and Will. Notice Will's new cheesy smile. :)
Ben and his baby
Will and Ben last Friday (Will is sporting his cheesy smile, not crying)

Last week was a long week in the Bemis house. It started with these tiny little tubes put into four tiny little ears. When we woke the boys up to go to their tube surgery last Tuesday they knew something was up. When the nurse took Will, he let out a little whimper (in absolute Will fashion). Ben looked at me like your just gonna let her take him?! Ben kept saying, "Will. Get him." The doctor came in about 5 minutes later and said Will did great. The nurse came to get Ben and when I handed him over he screamed bloody murder (in absolute Ben fashion). A couple minutes later they brought Will back. He was a little loopy still. He kept saying, "Ben. Where are you. I scared." It sort of melted my heart.

When we brought them home they were a little tired, but overall seemed happy. That evening Ben started to run a high fever (102.7). On Wednesday they said I could give him Ibuprofen since Tylenol wasn't bringing down his fever. They usually don't let you give Ibuprofen for two weeks after surgery. Switching between the two helped, but the poor guy was so miserable. He ended up throwing up twice and 7 days later finally stopped running a fever. At first they thought maybe he was having a reaction to the surgery. I was so scared. We went back in last Thursday and had both boys checked. Tubes are healing perfect! Originally we were suppose to give ear drops for 5 days, but two days post surgery they were doing so well we could stop. I was so relieved to find out we happened to get a stomach bug at the same time. I can handle a stomach bug! The only bad thing is, we are on the tail end of Ben's bug and Will spiked a fever. Looks like we've got more fun ahead!