Recovering...

Having our little angels miserable has put a damper on our whole house. It is day 12 after the surgery and we are just starting to see signs that they are getting better. Last night is the first night that we did not have to get up to get the girls medicine. We had been getting up every 4 hours and it was nuts! By the 6th day we were exhausted! Our wonderful little branch jumped in so Josh could focus on finishing his papers & finals. Our YW pres. arranged for the YW to come do service hours for camp and Personal Progress at our home. They have helped hold babies and entertain the older kids. Several ladies have come and taken the girls so I had a break and cleaned, folded laundry etc. They have been such a blessing to me. We are actually getting some packing done before we move in a week and 1/2. Our family has also been blessed with meals every night which was quite the improvement over the cold cereal and canned chili the week before. We really feel so fortunate to have such giving and loving people in our branch.
We thought that the recovery would only be a few days and were not at all prepared for what we have watched the girls' go through. I hope we will be more prepared next time something like this comes up. ("Prepared" means that we will fly a grandma or aunt out to help :)

It breaks my heart that they can't even close their mouths.