maybe not...

We thought Joey was on the mend, but then he threw up again at lunch today and had diarrhea this afternoon. We would definitely love your prayers for Joey to totally recover and recover soon! On the bright side, he hasn't had any more fevers, which is good. We miss our old, energetic, smiley Joey. He is just so tired all the time and doesn't want to do much. This icky virus really got him down, and I think it's going to be a long road to full recovery. I think he just got so weak and lost so much weight that he doesn't have the stamina he did before. We'll have to work on that! We are trying to get him to eat (I even entice him with cookies and poptarts, and he'll even turn those down!) He is eating much better than he was a week ago, though. So, anyway, please pray for Joey whenever you think about him!

He does have his moments of "old Joey." Yesterday he had a blast helping me get Papa's (my dad's) birthday gift, picked out a special card for Papa, and drew Papa some great pictures. He was so excited (I think he thought we were going to go on a plane to take Papa's gift to him, so I felt a little bad when I had to tell him that we were mailing the gift, not taking it to him in person.)

On that note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! We hope you had a wonderful day today! Here's a picture of Joey having a blast with Papa this summer.





We love you Dad!!