Still Sick but Feeling Very Loved

This virus/flu has been a tough one and though Junior is quite a bit better respiratory wise he is still achy and cranky.  He will want to do something and then a few minutes later he is too tired and melts into tears.  I do see small improvements each day and today it was much easier to keep him distracted.   There are several bugs going around and this resp one that he has is a bad one that last several days. 
After talking to his doctor we decided we would keep him on antibiotics for another week to be sure this virus doesn't decide to take up residence in his lungs.
I am feeling a bit off today and have started coughing so I suspect that my sweet boy has so kindly shared with me.  

Yesterday Junior was quite teary and every little thing upset him, even things that he usually thinks are funny.  During a round of tears the mail man knocked on the door and had a package for Junior.

Oh what a very special package it was.  One of Junior's angels had sent him a Christmas box.  Inside were things that he loves, such thought had clearly gone into each thing as she had figured out exactly his favorite things.  Such perfect timing as well, and it brought a great big smile to Junior's face and to mine as well.  Thank you so very much for blessing us. Be sure to check out the Angels2theheart website, this is such an amazing group of people who send smiles, love, and blessings to children and adults with chronic illnesses.  Junior loves getting angel mail and it always brings a big smile to his face. 
 

This afternoon some more love arrived for Junior.  Thank you so, so much Joseph(and family), Junior thinks his new blanket is absolutely the coolest and was so excited to see his name on it. It is just perfect for him and I know it is going to get lots and lots of use.

 

This evening Junior was feeling better and wanted to do a craft.  Poor kid was fading by the time I got it set up for him and only made it about half way through before he wanted me to finish it because he was too tired.  Can't wait to get this bug out of our house. 
Here is Junior working on his light up ornament.  We got the light up ornament idea from the play at home mom blog but decided to do ours a bit differently(hot glue gun won't work with Junior), more of a stained glass ornament.  It is a clear plastic ornament and the light inside is a finger light.  We painted glue on the ornament then added pieces of tissue paper and a little cutout of an angel. 

 Here is a larger shot of our finished light up ornament.   We will be making more light up ornaments for sure, we will have to try some other ways to decorate them.