Chapter 47
Dr. Jeffries was the next person to speak with Gary. She walked into the waiting room and smiled at him.
"Well, Mr. Hobson would you like to see your wife." She smiled.
"She's okay?" Gary said hesitantly as he stood.
"It looks like she is going to be fine. I thought that we were going to have to do a hysterectomy, but before I put your wife under the anesthesia, she was so insistent against it. I decided to wait it out and it was the right decision. I was able to repair her uterus, although, next time, she will definitely have to have a c-section." Dr. Jeffries joked.
"Next time. She's going be okay." Gary said as he closed his eyes and Lois wrapped her arms around him.
"We're getting ready to move her into a room. I'm sure when she wakes up she is going to be extremely anxious to see you and those babies." Dr. Jeffries said. "I can walk you over to the nursery. The grandparents can go to the viewing window."
"Okay. Thank you." Gary said sincerely as he shook the doctors' hand.
"Ha! Let's go see those grandsons of ours." Bernie said as he patted Collier on the back and they all headed to the nursery.
When Gary went into the nursery, he saw his parents and the Kelly's standing at the window and he waived. The nurse walked him over to where the boys were. They were lying as close together as they could in a double bassinet.
"I keep moving them, trying to give them more room, but they end up fussing. They like to be right on top of each other." The nurse joked to Gary who smiled. "You can have a few minutes alone with them. Then we'll take them down to see your wife. I'm sure they are both going to get hungry pretty soon."
Gary looked down at his sons. They were both sleeping contently.
"They look so much a like." Gary said. "I don't know how we're going to tell them apart."
"Oh, you'll get used to it. Sometimes even twins that aren't identical still look a lot alike. Actually, if you look closely this one has a slight dimple in his chin." She said.
"You're right. I didn't notice that." Gary said with a smile.
"Do you have their names picked out?" She asked.
"I think I better wait and talk to my wife about that." Gary smiled.
"Would you like to hold them?" She asked.
"Can I?" Gary asked.
"Well, of course." She said as she reached into the bassinet and picked up one of the boys and handed him to Gary. She then reached in, took the other baby, and put it in his other arm.
Gary looked down at his sons and smiled. They stayed asleep in his arms. He looked up at his parents, who were on the other side of the window. His father and Collier had huge smiles on their faces and his mother and Lily were smiling, but crying and hugging each other. Gary walked over to the window and got as close as he could so that they could see both of the babies.
"How much do they weigh?" Lois said to Gary through the glass.
"My mother wants to know how much they weigh." Gary said as he turned to the nurse.
"One is 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and the other is 6 pounds, 12 ounces." She said.
"6 pounds, 5 ounces and 6 pounds, 12 ounces." Gary said to his mother through the glass.
"Mr. Hobson." A nurse said getting his attention. "Your wife is in her room now if you would like to see her."
"Yes." Gary said.
"Here why don't you give me one of the babies and we'll put him back in the bassinet. You can carry the other baby, as long as you promise me you won't trip and fall with him. If you do, I'll loose my job." She smiled.
"Okay." Gary said she took one of the babies and put it in the bassinet.
"Follow me." She said as she pushed the bassinet out of the room.