Below is a few days later on a rare moment in his illness when he actually showed interest in something other than his heavy eyelids. ("Okay, I guess I could knock down this tower if you all are going to make me sit on the floor.")
We joke that he was so pale he looked like Casper the Friendly Ghost, but without the smile and with hangover dark circles under his eyes. Fortunately, the smile returned, and the circles are fading.
