Something good out of something bad!

We've had a rough few days here.  Jackson has a virus & it is making him MISERABLE.  It's sort of like hand, foot, mouth disease, but not that exact virus.  Either way...its terrible & there isn't much they can do about it. 

The sores in his mouth are incredibly painful & he hasn't eaten hardly anything since Wednesday.  I have no idea where he could have gotten it from, but it's highly contagious...so who knows.  It could have been anything or anyone.  I hate seeing my baby sick, especially with a virus!  Don't you just HATE viruses....medication does nothing!  I read that it usually last anywhere from 5-10 days....its almost been 4 for us...and its been ROUGH so far!  It feels like its been weeks.  Dear Lord, can we please get the short version?!?  Since it's so contagious for other kids (its mostly a virus children under the age of ten get) we can't really take him anywhere.  The only places he's been able to go have involved Jerry dropping me off at the door & he & Jackson waiting in the car.  Jackson only wants to stay outside for a couple of minutes & he's ready to go inside....if you know this boy, you understand how NOT like him that is!  He would stay outside all day, everyday if I let him.  Needless to say, we've watched a lot of movies.  We haven't slept very much here either.  It's pitiful...he is so tired, but is in so much pain he can't sleep.  When he does sleep its very restless.  Will you please pray that he gets better soon & that the ulcers in his mouth be healed soon? 

As horrible as this virus has been we do have some good news to report!  Remember  this list of things I wanted to help Jackson accomplish before the baby gets here?  We've already knocked the big boy bed out of the park & thanks to this TERRIBLE virus we've knocked out the "night nights" (pacifiers) too.  His mouth hurts so bad that he can't use them...so we figured it was the perfect time to completely get rid of them.  At nap time he asked for one & I just told him that we don't use them anymore because he was a big boy & they make his mouth hurt & it wasn't a big deal. 

I always stress over every big transition & he always just goes with the flow & never acts like its a big deal...I don't know why I stress so much!  Even so, the thought of potty training still stresses me.  Hah, I can't help it! 

Pray for sweet Jackson, please.