the basi family, the mcgu family & a john update

Ok, trying hard to get back into the swing of things today. It’s only half working out. I am so tired and spent that after getting the boys all off to school today, I went back to bed for a 2hr nap. It was nice but I still feel like a wrung out washcloth (and looking in the mirror, I look pretty much the same).

First, a John update. I was at the hospital til after 10pm last night (the staff is very nice and even though visiting hours are over at 8pm, they let me stay) until they got John out of recovery and into the step down unit. He was in a TON of pain last night and was pushing on his morphine drip button like…well, like he just had holes drilled in his spine and titanium screws and rods put in. His breathing wasn’t great but that is due to his throat being dry and swollen from being under and intubated for almost 5 hrs for the surgery, plus the fact that the morphine’s side effect is a depression of respiration. But he made it thru the night. I spoke to him this morning and he sounded way drugged up and still in a lot of pain. As of this afternoon (after another phone call) he was still in stepdown but they planned on moving him to his own room today at some point- you know how quickly things work in hospitals! They took away his morphine pump (perhaps from overuse?) and he sounds just as drugged on whatever kinds of pills they are popping into him. The boys asked me if I would stay home today (so I did), so John’s parents were heading into Manhattan to sit with him today. A big thank you again to Kevin for driving all the way in just to visit at the hospital, and to Nelson for visiting and driving home with me and being a good friend. And thanks to everyone who called, texted, and emailed to check on John and on me. You guys are great!  I’ll post tommorrow with another update on Mr. Happy. I can’t wait to go to sleep again- I feel like I’m never going to catch up on sleep.

Next, two families who’s kids go to school with the big boys and are repeat clients, not to mention friends. It was nice that it worked out that one was right after the next over at Tanglewood. We got some great and fun shots of each family.

The Basi family- I love the towhead kids. They are like a magazine ad, no?

The mcgu family- their boys are so different from eachother, but so alike in not wanting to smile for me. Toward the end I managed to get them to smile a bit against their wishes! The older the boys get, the harder it is to coax out those smiles!