Greetings From the Gilleys: Tonsils for Two, Please!

The girls FINALLY got their tonsils/adenoids out yesterday after rescheduling 4 different times thanks to Covid🙄 We chose to have it done at a small specialty hospital that has not had any Covid cases so I felt okay with them finally getting it done. However, we had to get them tested for the Corona Virus on Friday before they could be admitted to this hospital. The test itself was not that bad at all- I heard horror stories but it was actually less invasive than a flu test! It was the people who administered the tests in full body suits that scared Piper to death (remember those Ebola pictures a few years back!? That’s what we were dealing with). Anyway, clearly they don’t have CV-19. Piper was hilarious before she had surgery- I filmed a few clips of her and we have watched them over and over. We were laughing so hard. She was laughing too. The doctor said when they wheeled her back, she laughed the whole time. Even up until they put her to seep she was giggling with the docs in the OR😂

Waking up, on the other hand, was super rough. Piper was MISERABLE. She was angry and confused. She didn't remember the surgery so that seemed to set her off. She didn't like that she was in a different room than she fell asleep in. She didn't like that she didn't remember getting the "silly medicine." She didn't understand how she couldn't remember anything. She said "I didn't plan for ANY of this!" (that part was kinda funny, but I also felt bad for her!) And she really didn't like the pain in her throat and her "new voice" (it was different because she had just had surgery and she was talking different). Also, the ONLY person she wanted was Lucy and unfortunately we had to wait about 25 minutes before she could see her. Those 25 minutes were brutal. She was wailing over and over "I want Lucy! I just want Lucy!" She was screaming for her sister and even a popsicle didn’t stop her. She cried while eating the whole thing! Once Lucy finally woke up and was able to lay close to Piper’s bed we thought Pi would calm down. Nope. It wasn’t enough for her. She wanted to physically hug her. So the sweet nurses let Piper snuggle into Lucy’s tiny bed so that she would feel better and she finally stopped crying. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought at one point they must have shared my womb together- their bond is really that strong!

When Lucy went got the medication before surgery that makes you loopy, she just fell right to sleep. No funny business for her! When she woke up, she kept asking me over and over again if surgery was over and if they took out her tonsils already. She'd ask and I would be scratching her back and answer her saying "yes baby. They did and you did SO great!" Then she would close her eyes for a couple of seconds, open them and ask me the same questions all over again. It was like Groundhog's Day for about 5 minutes, haha. After she was coherent, she just laid there quietly. No tears, no conversation or questions, just peace and quiet.

One surprising thing I learned about Sully yesterday is that he truly cares for his sisters. He was so concerned for them and so loving and affectionate towards them. He kept cheering them on, telling them they were doing great and trying to comfort them both afterwards! So he DOES love them....😉 I’m so thankful the hospital let us all in as a family today because I couldn’t have done it by myself; I would have had to if we had gone to a big hospital. A small private hospital can bend the rules a bit🤫Anyway, they’re doing pretty good- Piper felt sick off and on all day yesterday and threw up once which was sad, but they did better than I thought. Their throats didn't start to hurt until the evening so there was some reprieve for them! This morning Lucy woke up in pain at 6 and came down to my bed in tears. After some medication she was fine the rest of the day. She was actually SO hyper today! I don't understand it! Piper has been off and on hurting. About an hour before each dose of medication she just lays in bed and says she doesn't want to talk to anyone because her throat hurts too bad (and she's had headaches today). Then the meds will kick in and she's fine for a couple of hours and then the cycle starts all over with her. They said day 4 or 5 is the worst so we are bracing ourselves! However, so far, so good! Here’s to hoping the next 2 weeks go by fast🤞🏼##TwinsAtHeart#DoubleTrouble #OneAndDone

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