Thinking Question...(Chapters 13-17)

Do you think you would be able to coach your son/daughter with favoring him/her? Do you think your parents would be able to do it?

Summary...(Chapters 13-17)

Joey's temper changes drastically. This happens when he starts playing baseball and he thinks he wasn't doing his best. He begins to take it out on his mom. He yells at her and his sister, Jean. He figures out he's not the best player on the team, so he wants to quit. His parents don't want him to quit, but tell him it's his choice. Joey's father talks to him about how John never quit. This makes Joey realize he doesn't really want to give up. He continues to play and in the leauge championship Joey makes his first base hit. This hit wins the championship for his team. Joey gets a Playboy from a friend because he hears the All-American team is in it. He finds that John isn't in the magazine and tells John he should should just win the "Hideman Trophy." John corrects him saying the "Heisman Trophy."

Discussion Notes...(Chapters 13-17)

Yesterday during our blog meeting we disscussed many topics dealing with Joey's life and the lives of his family.
A few of these topics were:

• Favoritism
• Failure
• Quitting
• Generosity
• Genetics
• Living up to other siblings
• Reasons for attitude changes
• College options
• Scholarships
• Parents monetary involvement after graduation
• Athleticism in families
• Those who can't do, teach.
• Predictions for Joey's life
• Make a Wish Foundation
• Disneyland
• Denial

Thinking Question...(Chapters 7-12)

Would you be able to talk to someone who is in a coma?

Summary...(Chapters 7-12)

In this section of reading Joey's family had a choice for either Joey to go to a temorary home or go home with his family. His family choose for him to come home with them so they can take care of him on there own. Months went on and Joey never had any movement and never talked. Then when John came home for the summer Joey finally started moving and talking. Joey's mother thought it was all because of John. Joey wouldn't talk for months then he finally started talking, and they couln't get him to be quite. It toke Joey a while to get back to the way he was before. John then had to go back to collage and left Joey behind. Joey then said Saturdays was the only day that mattered to him anymore. Joey then got to go inot the locker rooms, then one of the players put Joey up to the lockers because Joey said that the position that he played was not important. Joey wants to play in Johns position when he gets older. Joey looks up to John.

Discussion Notes...(Chapters 7-12)

In yesterday's conversation, we talked about what to do if you were Joey's doctor. Joey's doctor didn't know anything about Joey's condition. Joey's mom was goiung phsycotic, for the fact she never left the house. Joey's doctor had mentioned about putting Joey in a temporary home, but the parent's didn't really know what to do. John needed more money in his pocket so he could see Joey. He didn't want to let Joey down. Since he had kept running back and forth, gas was getting low. John decided he should make a snow cone stand... Who would have been more creative?!? Joey looks forward to football becauseit's an escape from all his worries and there, he can let everything go. We also think Joey looks forward to football becaus he looks up to John. Joey was behind in knowledge. He was like a new born baby and didn't know how to control his motor skills. He had to REMEMBER things, and not re-learn them. He knows this stuff, he just needs remember it.

Discussion Notes...(Chapters 1-6)

John and Joey have a really strong bond because they are close in age, and they have the same interest in football. John would always come home in the morning and would always go back to collage at night just so he can spend time with Joey. Joey feels special knowing he can go into the locker rooms with the players. John had no idea that Joey had leukemia. John wanted to bring Joey to one of his weekly visits to the hospital. Joey was diagnosed with the chicken pox and with the leukemia it was making things worse. Joey's mom prayed for Joey to die because she didn't want him to keep on going with the pain. Joey's mom then got an answer that Joey was not going to die so the next morning she felt better about the way she prayed.

Thinking Question... (Chapters 1-6)

Would you ever donate (blood, organ) to a stranger in need?

Summary...(Chapters 1-6)

In these pages the family all go to one of John's practices and football games. John comes home and take Joey to his weekly visit to the hospital for his leukmia treat. On the way home from the football game Joey is in alot of pain and had a temperature. His mothertook him in to the hospital. The doctors ran a whole bunch of painful tests. Joey had chicken poxes and he ha to stay in the hospital. Becasue of his disease the chicken poxes attacked his body more. He was in the ICU, when John came home again. John got to talk to Joey once more before in fell into a coma. The family then tries to look for a donor that matches Joey and had the chicken poxes in the last week. The family found one women, she was willing to do it.In middle of the night Anne confesses to John that she is going to pray for Joey to die to put him out of his pain.