I definitely enjoyed my last week off of work, especially because Thanksgiving was coming up and that is by far my favorite holiday!
Justin had a "simple" inguinal hernia repar the day before Thanksgiving. His surgery went great and we were home a little after 12:00. My mom picked Alena up from daycare and took her to Ames for the night to make things easier on Justin and I. Late in the afternoon, Justin got sick, but we thought it was from the pain medication. We decided to go ahead and head up to Ames Wednesday night in case Justin wasn't able to help with the twins. Unfortunately we had a hard time even getting out of Des Moines! I had to stop at the pharmacy to pick up Lauren's new acid reflux medication and while I was doing that, Caleb was crying in the van. After getting the medication, we headed for the interstate, but he wouldn't calm down. We ended up pulling over at a gas station so I could feed him quick before heading up to Ames.
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| The Grandmas watched the babies during Justin's surgery |
Thanksgiving day was great! It was just my parents and the five of us, but we still had a whole spread of food (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, the traditional jello salad, homemade rolls, green bean casserole, corn, and two pies!). Justin was able to eat a little bit, but not much due to a lot of extra gas in his tummy. The twins napped during our feast.
Early Friday morning, Justin woke up in a lot of pain. We called the physician on call and he thought he was constipated and recommend he take Milk of Magnesia. Of course the bottle my parents had expired in 1999 so Justin had to drive to town to get some in the middle of the night because I was feeding babies. Later that morning he got sick and was still having pain. I knew something wasn't right and worried about an ileus or an obstruction. I called his physician again, and told him he still wasn't doing well. I asked if he was concerned about an obstruction and he mentioned that that is quite rare to get after a hernia surgery. He recommended Justin have clear liquids that day and continue Tylenol as needed. Unforunately he wasn't able to keep anything down so that next morning (Saturday) he was admitted to Methodist Hospital for dehydration.
An x-ray was completed which showed he was constipated. He was hooked up to an IV and told to walk as much as possible. He continued to throw up despite not eating/drinking anything. An NG tube was placed Sunday evening and a copius amount of icky stuff came out! Finally, on Monday morning when his surgeon walked in the room and saw the NG tube he knew something was not right. A CT scan was ordered which showed a small obstruction in his bowel. He was taken to surgery and the bowel obstruction was repaired laproscopically (thanfully!). To add one more complication to the mix, he had trouble peeing after surgery! Luckily he was able to go home on Wednesday (a week after his original surgery). Besides a little discomfort from having two surgeries in 5 days, he is doing well. Alena missed her daddy and was glad he was home.
Unfortunately the timing of all of this was horrible, as it was my first week back at work. We had already planned to have the grandparents watch the twins this week so we had a lot of help at the house (sometimes all 4 grandparents were there!). We are so lucky everyone lives close enough to help out.
Every one of us, except Alena, has been hospitalized this year! We are really looking forward to 2013!
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