Rick had ear surgery last Friday. A bone in his ear had calcified so much that it wouldn't vibrate like it is supposed to which created some major hearing loss. So they replaced the bone! My dad came over super early to sit with the kids so I could drive Rick up to the surgery center. I was so grateful to not have to wake up them up! Although Kimbri woke up on her own right as we were about to leave and wanted to come with us. She thought it was so awesome that she was out before the sun came up, haha. I think it made her feel special to get to go somewhere with just mommy and daddy.
We dropped Rick off and got instructions to come back around 8:45am. Kimbri and I drove home and when Garret and Brenna woke up at 8:20, we packed some breakfast for them real quick and headed out the door. We got back up to the surgery center, in Provo, at about 9am and they said he was still in surgery. So we waited.... and then waited.... and then waited some more. I definitely was not prepared to wait that long with 3 young kids in a waiting room. Luckily, the fish tank kept them really entertained for quite some time. They kept yelling out things like, "There's Dory!" "And there's Nemo!" And Garrett would say, "Look! There's a tiger fish!" and then run around to the other side to see it when it would swim away and he'd repeat that over and over. It was pretty funny. Also, Brenna just sat in her stroller for the longest time watch the fish. Then after a while they ate their breakfast we had packed- string cheese, yogurt, appleasauce and a little bag of cereal. Brenna also got a sippy cup of milk. Then after that they looked at books for a while.
Anyway, I had exhausted all the things I had brought, which wasn't much, and we were still waiting. We had been there for an hour and a half when the surgeon, Dr. Gibb, came out and said everything went well and we could go back to see Rick soon. As soon as we went back the kids got super nervous when they saw Rick, still asleep from the anesthesia, with an oxygen mask on. Kimbri warmed up real fast but Garrett was super weirded out by it all.
Then the nurse brought juice boxes and cookies for them and they were totally happy and fine with everything. It took a little while for Rick to fully wake up. Then they moved us to a bigger area for the kids to have some space and eventually moved us to an enclosed room since the kids were getting antsy (which is totally expected after waiting for 2 hours!!!!).
Rick still felt super dizzy and could hardly move his head without feeling dizzy and nauseous. So when I realized it would be a quite a while before he'd be able to be discharged, I decided to leave and take Kimbri back home to get her ready for school. We raced back home in time to get her all ready and finish up her homework, and then Olivia had a half day of school and offered to stay with the other two at the house so Brenna could go down for a nap. I was so grateful!! Then I wouldn't have to take Garrett and Brenna back to the surgery center! I swung by the pharmacy and picked up Rick's prescriptions and went back to the surgery center, for the 3rd time that day, and got Rick.
He has to have the packing in for a week and then hopefully his hearing will be restored!! I'm so grateful that he was able to get this surgery done. Dr. Gibb, was the person who gave Rick his patriarchal blessing and also the Dr he is rotating with this month for his ENT rotation. It has been such a blessing to have this all work out so perfectly!
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