HOME SWEET HOME

EM and I made it home last night at about 7:30 PM. It was great to sleep in my own bed! And sleep I did. EM took pain medicine at 9pm and then slept till I woke him up at 6 AM, as I thought that was long enough to wait between doses. He walks like an old man and has some discomfort, but he is doing very well. SF was really glad to see EM. They had not been able to see each other since 5:45 AM on the day of surgery(Wednesday). I think it did SF good to see EM. It is hard to worry about your son and not be able to wrap your arms around him!

The girls are staying with friends until tomorrow at church. Then we will all be back in our own home!

All for now!

SF is HOME

A quick note to say the SF came at 12:30 this afternoon. He was up and walking and the pain in his back has decreased a great deal already! For that we are very thankful. EM has had a very low key day. I am going to get him up in a wheelchair in a few minutes and see how that goes. He is being a real trooper...but it is a rough time.
JUST FYI

Update on the guys!

Post-op Day 1
It has been a rather eventful 24 hours but thankfully both seem to be doing well. SF had a bit of a headache last evening, but this morning when I stopped to see him he got up in the chair and was working on a liquid breakfast. If all goes well SF will hopefully go home later today.
EM had a much too eventful evening. Thankfully he too is feeling better this am. He is very quiet and for those who know EM you know this is not the way he normally is. We are anticipating a visit from a dog and he thinks that sounds fun. He is now able to focus better and I think the anesthesia and the affects of it are thankfully going away.
EM has been able to keep a bit of sprite down this am and that is the first for anything in his very empty stomach. The MD's have been by and seem pleased and think EM is doing very well.
I am heading to the shower so I can start feeling a bit more human myself.
JM is doing well at home  with his PCA and the girls are being spoiled completely by EM's god-parents. They start spring break in the morning so they are excited about that!
All from here for now.

UPDATE ON THE "BOYS"

I wanted to take a minute and let everyone know how things are going so far. Both SF and EM came through surgery well. The MD's are happy! The boys...well maybe not so happy yet!
SF looks quite pale but is being moved to a private room and hopefully will rest well there overnight. The hope is he will go home tomorrow. According to SF's parents the MD said the surgery could not have gone better.
EM did well. His bone graft is done and his MD said it was an "extensive" repair, but he was pleased. EM is sleeping soundly and so far doing OK. Some nausea and quite a bit of pain.
 Thankfully the hospital has laptops that we are allowed to borrow, thus I am able to post this note.
Thank you all for your prayers and concern. Keep them coming.
HUGS
B