not so quick update

hey all....just a quick update. i think that i last posted thursday afternoon. shortly after that owen had to have a pic line put in his arm because he kept blowing IV lines. that took about 3 hours of our late after noon. they had to give owen some vaulm several times to calm him down and once again hold him tight when he is already in so much pain. right after that nick was discharged and went home with his parents to their house to rest for a few days.....nothing like having your mama take care of you (and your 20 month old son at the same time). natalie arrived for a visit in the mist of all this just as they were whisking owen away for a ultrasound to check the placement of the new line. owen was exhausted at this point, it was about 8:30pm and that little man started lifting his booty on and off the table. when we asked him what he was doing he said "exercising". lol....that kid hasnt exercised a day in his whole life, it was too funny!!!! he was very crabby that night when we finally got back to his room. natalie said he sounds that a cranky 80 year old man. all i can do is laugh at it or i think i would go crazy. :-) on the way back to owens room i saw nicks empty room, i didn't realize how emotional i would get at not seeing nick in there. makes me teary eyed just thinking about it. natalie stayed and hung out with us for awhile so my mind did have to focus on that for too long. first thing friday morning owen had to go to radiology again to have the new pic line checked and better placed. it didnt take to long, then we were back upstairs eating breakfast. we just rested the rest of the day and hung out with some visitors. owen is doing really great overall. today is day five and they removed the catheter (which was going in the port he has in his belly button) this morning so now he only has to be cathed every 3 hours. which really means he can move around better. they are still trying to get meds and fluids right. but he really is doing amazing and moving right along. nick on the other hand is still really sore. yesterday he had a good day but today he is not. he is back up here tonight staying with me and owen. they both got the biggest smiles on their faces when they saw each other. i'm so happy to get to be with him again. all and doctors and nurses keep telling us that the donors always have a harder time recovering pain wise because they come from completely healthy while and other was sick to begin with. i thought that this was going to be a quick update but oh well, one more thing.......everyone here keeps asking owen about halloween, whats going to be, whats he want to do and so on? he tells every single one of them "i already had halloween" yay :-)

love all the love
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