On the road to recovery!!

I'm happy to say that Jake is on the road to recovery! He was admitted into St. Michael's in Texarkana on Saturday and we were able to come home Tuesday afternoon. He has been a VERY sick little boy. His breathing was much worse on Saturday and he was still running a high temperature so he had to spend several days in the hospital. After just one day of IV antibiotics his fever was gone! That was such an amazing answer to prayer! He's still on two different antibiotics and breathing treatments, but he's doing much much better. He's able to play and act like a kid again. I was just so thankful to see his smile again! I missed his sweet little grin. He was a very good boy in the hospital. The only thing that really bothered him was the IV. Being tied to a pole wasn't much fun. Especially when you were in a hurry to get to the potty! By the last day though he was going all over the place pushing the pole by himself. His favorite part of being in the hospital was the play room and the Icee's that came with lunch! I definitely recommend St. Michael's pediatric wing. They were so good to my Jakey Poo.

He's able to get up and around again but he can't play for more than a few minutes at a time and he can't get hot or he'll lose his breath. He has to take frequent rest breaks and breathing treatments when it gets very bad. He's still a million times better than he was though. His wonderful Aunt Cerra told him in the hospital that when he came home she would buy him the big Lightning McQueen car from Wal-Mart. It's the big drive in car that goes 5 miles per hour. As soon as we were in the car in the hospital parking lot, he was asking to go to Wal-Mart for his car. Aunt Cerra met us in Magnolia, and true to her word, bought Jake his very cool race car. He's been speeding all over the yard in it! Unfortunately it's been incredibly hot here this week, so he can only stay outside for a couple of minutes. I'm sure within a week or two he'll be down at the big pond in it and we'll be trying to figure out where he is!

THANK YOU so much for all of your prayers, phone calls, and emails! Jake would not be doing as well if it weren't for the prayers of the faithful! Please continue to pray for him as he recovers from pneumonia.