So, my nephew found himself in the hospital again !!! If it's not a line drive to the face, it's a collapsed lung. "/ So my mom and I decided to drive to Houston to spend a little time with him and my sister. Hospitals can be boring.

And I wouldn't normally choose this as a place to bring my camera, but I'm taking a little photography class up at the art school, and our assignment for the week was to use flash. I hadn't had a chance to work on it at all, and I figured the hospital room would be dim enough. I bounced the flash off the ceiling in most of these pics, that's about the only way I can stand it. I was honestly glad to put the flash down once the week was over. :) If I don't have good light, I'll probably just not bother taking pictures for now.

So, they gave Dallas a central line. He apparently preferred this to an arm IV.  Probably just for the shock and awe of it. — So, they gave Dallas a central line. He apparently preferred this to an arm IV. Probably just for the shock and awe of it.

It seemed like all of the kids that had been there to visit were pretty much afraid of Dallas with all of his cables and wires and tubes...  Anna wouldn't even look at him for the first couple of hours we were there. — It seemed like all of the kids that had been there to visit were pretty much afraid of Dallas with all of his cables and wires and tubes... Anna wouldn't even look at him for the first couple of hours we were there.

Wallace didn't appear to have issue with any of it though...maybe it's just a girl thing.

So, apparently hiccups hurt when you've just had your lung operated on.  "/ — So, apparently hiccups hurt when you've just had your lung operated on. "/

The kids started getting bored and decided to turn the hospital room into a race track.  :) — The kids started getting bored and decided to turn the hospital room into a race track. :)

Wallace prefers to do this with a mouth full of bread stick.

So as the afternoon wound down we watched Dallas do his breathing exercises....

and Anna and Jenny got some quality time in.

Seriously dude...stop scaring us!  If you wanted me to come to Houston all you had to do was ask.  ;) — Seriously dude...stop scaring us! If you wanted me to come to Houston all you had to do was ask. ;)