Tomorrow night I have a single due for my first photo story in my JRN 422 class. I am documenting the life of Russ and Karen Attwater of Mount Pleasant as they prepare for Russ' second heart surgery and continue their daily fight against Karen's blood cancer.
Russ Attwater sits with a cup of coffee Friday in his Mount Pleasant homeat about 9:20 p.m. after starting his day at 6:00 a.m. and working for six and a half hours, only sleeping a few hours a night. His wife Karen talks with him about a variety of topics, the biggest on both their minds being Russ' open heart surgery, which has yet to be scheduled because of a recent staph infection that could further endanger his life during operation. Russ has an appointment on Monday with a heart surgeon in Grand Rapids to determine whether he is ready for his second bypass surgery.These are wonderful people with a wonderful relationship, and they are allowing me full access to all events. I plan to stick with this at least through the semester. I just hope I can come through photographically; this is such an important story to me.
God bless you all.
ReplyDeletethis one makes me pee. i just love it. the color, the lighting, the reflection(s), o my.
ReplyDeletehigh five, miss.