WE ARE HOME :) Joey says "hi" to everyone! He says..."It was nice finally getting out of the hospital and a little more emotional than I thought it would be, because as I left, all of the emotions of the past 3 weeks started rolling forward like a freight train! From finding out about myself, then Kerri, going through the two operations so far, it has all seemed like a blur. I thank you all for the cards and nice words; and I can feel the power of your love and prayers. Kerri and I know we are still at the beginning of this, but because of friends and family like you it makes it easier to continually be moving forward and not looking back. One thing that we cannot forget is that we are travelling this journey with our wonderful boys by our side. They have been so strong, but we cannot forget what it must be like for them.
We are receiving blessings everyday. A neat one was upon my arrival at home I noticed how the road had been freshly graded up into the neighborhood baseball field. As we drove up to see all of the hard work (Mark!!!) that had been done to prepare the field for this years Little League practices, I saw my little friend Addison playing in the sand box. This brought back a flood of memories and reitterated the reason why we built that field in the first place. Thanks again to everyone."
My turn..."It does seem nice to be home, but unfortunately I am turning around this afternoon to go back to Portland for my appts. tomorrow. It will be too long of a day to do it all at once, so my Mom and I opted to go down today and spend the night with my friend Donna. I probably won't post anything tomorrow, because it will be too late when we return. (my appts are spread out from early morning to late afternoon :( ) However, I will post on Wed. with my new findings! Joey is lookin' good...he just needs a constant reminder to go sit down and DRINK LOTS OF WATER!...maybe he really is listening to me and the reason he is getting up a lot is to go pee!! On the way home yesterday he had me stop at Irving to get him banana bread. OK, this guy has not eaten anything for 12 days, except for a half piece of toast and a couple of popsicles, and he wants banana bread!! He did eat quite bit for his first time and it seemed so good! This just proves he is on the mend. We like that.
I will post again on Wed. and until then, God Bless and lots of {{Hugs}} to all!