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…the final score
By Kendra | July 7, 2008
Human Enterovirus, 0
Mighty Joe Fletcher, 1
Kendra just called me to say Mighty Joe donned his cape and soared out of the hospital breathing fresh air and soaking up the California sunshine!
Praise the Lord for His goodness!
Topics: Mighty Joe's Story | 69 Comments »
July 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I am just sitting here crying tears of happiness for you and your family. Thank you Lord.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Thank you Lord for your protection and healing of little Joe.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Yippee! God is good (all the time!)
) Rachel
July 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Praise God!! ” For the eternal substance of a thing never lies in the thing itself, but in the quality of our reaction to it. If in hard times we are kept from resentment held in silence, and filled with inward sweetness, that is what matters. The event that distressed us will pass from memory as a wind that passes and is gone, but what we were while the wind was blowing has eternal consequences.” (A. Wetheral Johnson) May Mighty Joe be thankful always for parents who trust and glorify Jehovah God, and for a family of believers who love him and them. Praise the Lord!!
July 7th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Dear Kendra and family,
I have prayed for Mighty Joe this week and followed his amazing progress!
Praise God for His goodness and healing!
I am so happy to see this wonderful news!
Sincerely,
Rebecca and little Joshua – 9 weeks on Thursday.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Praise God indeed!!!
The Christensens
July 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Awesome!!!! What wonderful news! Praise Him!!
Hugs,
Carmen
July 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Yay!!!
How wonderful!! GREAT news!!!! Hallelujah!! 
We’re so VERY HAPPY to hear he’s gone home!! 
We’ll keep in prayer for your mighty li’l man!!
Love in Christ,
The Colletts
July 7th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Praise the Lord!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
WOO HOO!! Oh what a blessing to hear that Mighty Joe is on his way home. The Lord is so good.
**I am a lurker who found your site through Cooper’s Wife and The Botzy Blog, but my children and I have been praying for your family.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
PRAISE THE LORD!! We are rejoicing over here!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Oh, yeah! We will praise our Lord tonight as we gather together for family worship!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Our family has been praying for Mighty Joe. I just told them Mighty Joe was going home. Shouts of praise to the Lord God Almighty filled our home.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Yaaahoooo!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Thank you Jesus!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
YEEHAW!!!! Praise our mighty Lord!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Praising God for making Joe mighty! We are rejoicing with you at God’s mercy and kindness and continuing to pray for your family. Rebeca
July 7th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Hallelujah!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Yipee!! Thank you Jesus and good job Mighty Joe.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!
Praise the God of All!
Rejoicing with you guys!
xo
Shannon
July 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Woohoo!!! Praise God! I have been checking to see this news all day!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Wooooooo-hoooooooooooo for Mighty Joe!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Praise the Lord! I’m so happy for your family. You must be absolutely thrilled! Blessings.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
YAY!!!!!!!
Praise be to God!
~Stacy
July 7th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Oh I am SO glad to hear that!!!! What GREAT news!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Such wonderful good news! We were out running errands and Dani called us on the cell phone to tell us. Our family is ecstatic and praising the Lord for His work in Mighty Joe.
I’m so glad that your family will be together this very day!
July 7th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Yeah!! We have been praying for Mighty Joe here and we are very excited about your great news!
Yvonne
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July 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Yay! Praise God for His care of Mighty Joe!
July 7th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
We’ve been out of town for the 4th and I have checked in each day but was unable to comment.
I know that throughout this ordeal your prayer has been for all glory and praise to be to God. Your words have pointed to Him, even in the most desperate of times.
I am grateful and in tears that He saw fit for Mighty Little Joe to go home and be a testimony for the kingdom! What a sweet blessing!!! Thank you for keeping us posted so that we could pray in one accord for your beautiful son.
Again…such a privilege.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Wonderful news!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Praise the Lord! Our family in TX, WI, and AR rejoices with your family in CA!!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, Ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Amen!!
Still praying for a normal/healthy MRI!!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Wonderful news!!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
WAHOOOOO!!!!! I hadn’t checked your updates for a couple days, so what a wonderful surprise it was to learn of Mighty Joe’s condition! At dinner, my 5-year old son asked about baby Joe and reminded us to keep praying for him. He always asks where Joe is, and we say, “in California, in a hospital”. I paused and thought, “hey, I wonder if he might be out of the hospital now.” OH, tears of joy fill my eyes and a heart full of gratitude cries out once again to our dear Lord for his tender mercies!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Congratulations on taking Mighty Joe home today! I have a baby of my own (my first) and was brought to tears by some of the photos and prayers. I have been following his spectacular story with a prayer in my heart for his recovery and a prayer of gratitude for my own baby’s health.
Way to go Joe!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Praise God! I am so happy that Joe is home. What a storm you have weathered. God is good and you have been so faithful. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Blessings and praises,
Monique
July 7th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
HOORAY – we are praising God with you!!!!!!
Matt, Melissa & the girls
July 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
YEEHAW!!!! Fly Mighty Joe! Seriously, I have tears in my eyes to read such good news.
Praising God with you that Joe is better!
July 7th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
PRAISE GOD! WE ARE REJOICING IN HIS GREAT LOVE AND DELIVERANCE!
We will continue to pray for your family and MJ here in Louisville.
July 7th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
That’s great news!!! We are so thankful for God’s mercies….
July 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Go, Mighty Joe! Go!!!
Praise God!
July 7th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
We praise God, Kendra. Bless His Name.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
How wonderful!! Praising the Father with you
Love, Q
July 7th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Way to go Mighty Joe!
Praise God for He is good. He hears and answers prayers!
Mel
July 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Wooo Hoooo. I Love seeing God at work!!! We have been praying and trusting with you, now we are rejoicing!
July 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
This is wonderful news! The Lord surely answers prayer. Praise God!!!!
May the Lord continue to bless little Mighty Joe with health and recovery.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Joe! Way to kick some enterovirus hiney!!! Can’t believe you did it in just over a week!
What a ride – so glad you guys can see the gate and get off the blasted thing!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Absolutely Amazing is our God. Welcome home, Mighty Joe!! And to you too, Mom and Dad.
July 7th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Praising God here! What good news!
July 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Praise the Lord, He is good! Our family has prayed for Joe daily during family worship. I just ran upstairs and told them the great news and they are also rejoicing!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:32 am
yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you God!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Praise the Lord for His mercy and grace and goodness!!!
July 8th, 2008 at 5:21 am
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!
July 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Praise the Lord!!!!! We’re so looking forward to meeting Mighty Joe in person!
Love from the Slawsons
July 8th, 2008 at 6:10 am
What a testimony of God’s grace, mercy, love, goodness, etc etc etc
Happy for your family.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Joy! Joy! Joy!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:13 am
You aren’t going to be able to hold Joe for a LONG time—-your children are going to kidnap him from you! I bet they never put him down!! Congrats.
Michele
July 8th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Thanking the Lord for this wonderful news. Thank you for sharing Joe’s story and letting God show his grace, love, mercy and all of His goodness in this situation. He has done great things in little Joe’s life in the past two weeks. Such a scary time, and such a blessed outcome. Enjoy having him back home.
Laurie in So. Ca.
July 8th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Thank the Lord!! So very happy for you all!
July 8th, 2008 at 8:19 am
That is super great news!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
WoooHooo!!!!!! Praise God!!!!!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Welcome home Mighty Joe!!! We are so praising God with your family!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Yipee!!! Have been following your story and am THRILLED for you!
Joe IS mighty!
Paula (friend of heykristigirl!)
July 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hooray for Mighty Joe!
July 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Yes!!! What good news!!! Thank you, Lord!
July 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Congratulations! Welcome home, family! Praise the Lord for a speedy recovery and favor on your family. Draw near to Him, He is wonderful. I am stoked for you!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Our God is a God of miracles still. Rejoicing with you!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Praise be to our Glorious Lord Jesus Christ!
We have been praying for your little guy and are so excited for you all.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Congratulations! I remember when my premie made it home 3 years ago…you breath differently, walk differently and love more!
Congrats
The McVays