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No, Kristie!  Rory was helping me work on these tonight, and she was a bit confused at first thinking it was Katie.  LOL!  Aside from the freezing weather, I had a lot of fun on this shoot.  Katie is my brother's girlfriend, and one of Rory's bestest buddies.  Kristie is her sister, who is a senior this year and was in town visiting for the weekend.  I can honestly say that those two together are complete goofballs!  And Katie makes for a pretty good assistant.

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I love this next photo.  For not knowing her very well, I think I can still honestly say that this is SO her!

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Thanks girls, for a fun session!

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  • Josey - Nice Pics Christie. I bet you were cold. It was nice meeting you. You have a nice personality, but after knowing Katie I figured that you would. And for the record I know you think Tony Romo is good looking j/k!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
    Here I am in Syracuse, NY missing my beautiful wife and daughter. I love you Megan and love ooo too Rories. I will see you after one more night.
    P.S. At least I got to see Shaquille O’Neill and Grant Hill in my hotel lobby. HAHAHA!!! That was cool.

  • Tracy - Wow!! Kristie you look great.. Nice job Megan!!

  • Joy - I love the laughing pic – it’s so “you” Kristi!

the season of family sessions.  I have a lot of them coming up!  The first one was last Saturday.  It was definitely not the ideal weather.  The kids were freezing, but with them having traveled for the session and me not knowing how long Rory was going to be in the hospital, we had to make it work.  Rachelle, I hope poor McKayla still likes me after I scared her by saying she may die because it was so cold.  Oh, three year olds.  They take everything so literally!

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  • Rachelle - Wonderful! Thank you so much, I still feel bad that we had to take you away from Rory. Madison is going to be tickled pink when I show her it after school today. Shes been wanting to show me how good she did during them. And yes MaKayla still likes you, she asked when we pulled away when we can do more! But today when I showed her, she had said again she didn’t want to die. William of course asked where his stick was! Stinker! Thanks again and I’ll talk to you soon.

  • Tracy - This picture looks great!! Can’t wait to see the rest.. Thank you Megan for taking the time when Rory was sick to take the family pictures for Rachelle.Hope Rory is back to herself and you have taken some time for YOURSELF to rest..Thanks again.

We made it home last night.  Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers, comments and emails.

It started early Friday morning.  I woke up at about 4:30 am to the sound of Rory coughing.  I laid there for awhile hoping she'd go back to sleep after the first couple of coughs, but it continued so I went in to check on her.  She was gasping for air.  I immediately got her out of bed to give her a nebulizer treatment.  As Josey plugged the nebulizer in, Rory was reaching for the mask to get it in her mouth.  Right then I knew it was not good.  The breathing treatment didn't help at all, so we followed what the doctors had told us before; we took her to the ER.

We got there around 5:00, and she was still barely getting any air.  Her oxygen levels were unbelievably low, and the doctor at the ER told us we were lucky we got her in when we did.  The nurses hooked her up to oxygen, took blood, and put in an IV, and Rory barely moved.  She was so worn out from struggling for air that she was limp; she could hardly keep her eyes open, and she didn't even try to fight the pokes from the needles.

As soon as the hospital opened up, she was admitted.  The nurses took good care of her, and the day was spent with constant checking, breathing treatments every hour, and lots of medicine.  She was pretty worn out for the better part of the day, and many episodes of Dora were watched.

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I avoided calling family because I knew that talking to them would make me cry, and I didn't want Rory to see me upset because she gets so worried.  I stayed that night in the hospital with her, lying on a fold out chair that smelled like band aids.  The nurses were in every hour to check her and give her treatments, so I hardly slept.

The next morning, they took her off the oxygen, which was a huge relief for all of us.  It was one less tube holding her down, and for Josey and I it meant a chance at her getting to go home.  Then, the doctor came in and told us that she probably wouldn't get to go home until she went a night without the oxygen.  The meeting with the doctor ended with a "maybe you can go home tonight if she takes a good nap this afternoon and doesn't have any problems."  We were desperate for her to take a nap, and the medicine that she had been given was not on our side.  She was seriously like a monkey in a cage at the zoo.  Hyper.

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We ended up getting home at about 8:00 last night. It was a huge relief.  Rory was so happy to be home.  She went around our whole house telling me about each and every thing she could think of.  Over and over again.  She had an excellent night, spent in her own bed, and she looked 100% better when she woke up this morning.  We are continuing her treatments at home, and the doctor has given us some preventative treatments to do every day to try to avoid an attack this bad again.  The whole weekend was a whirlwind.  I'm physically and emotionally exhausted, and it's going to take me awhile to catch up on everything.  I'm just glad to have my baby home where she belongs.

Thanks again to everyone who thought about Rory this weekend, stopped by for a visit, or sent an email.  It is a blessing to have such wonderful people in our lives who love Rory so much.

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  • Felicia Reinhard - POOR BABY! So glad you guys are home and doing better, and thank you again for contributing to the Littlest Heroes Project. Looks like you have a little of your own on your hands!

  • Angie - We are so glad to hear that Rory is home and doing better.

  • MarysMomma - Poor little Rory ๐Ÿ™ What a scary weekend for your family. I am so happy to hear she is home and starting to feel better!
    Well wishes from Maryland!

  • Tracy - Welcome home baby girl!!! I’m so sorry you guys had such a scary weekend. Rory will be a little hyper for awhile if she is still on the meds, but that to will get better. I remember Dan crawling up and down the steps for what seemed like a week when he was on predozone(sp). Take care of that baby and know that we are still praying for you all!

  • Laura (femmegem) - How scary! Thank goodness you took her in when you did.
    Your photography is gorgeous. I wish we lived close to you so you could take some shots of Alex.

  • sarah - Oh no!! I’m just catching up on blogging and was so scared to read this entry. I am SO glad Rory is ok. You are all in my prayers and I hope the doctors now have a solid plan to prevent this from happening again. Poor kiddo. ๐Ÿ™

Rory had a bad asthma attack early Friday morning.  We took her to the ER, and she was admitted to the hospital as soon as it was open.  We had a really long day yesterday, and not much sleep last night.  She's doing quite a bit better, but is still on oxygen, and the nurses are now telling us she will probably have to stay another night.  Please just keep her in your prayers.  Please.  I just want to bring my baby home.

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  • Angie - Hang in there and give Rory a great big feel better hug. We’re thinking about you.

  • Alli - I follow your blog and admire your photography all the time but this is my first post!
    My thoughts are with you and your family! My daughter was diagnosed with asthma about 6 months ago and it’s been so scary. Hoping that this passes quickly for Rory and that she feels better soon.

  • Jay,Tammy and family - Give Miss Rory hugs and smooches. We all wish her to be feeling better real soon.

  • Kelli - Lots of prayers! Get well soon Rory!

  • jenn - OH NO!! We will keep Rory and you all in our thoughts. I hope she feels better soon.

  • Tracy - Rachelle called and told us about Rory and I’ve been praying for Rory and you two as well.. I remember those long and scary nights well!! KEEP YOUR FAITH THINGS WILL GET BETTER!! We will continue to lift your family up in prayer.. Tracy

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