Croup - AH!

 

(You know he's sick when when he climbs up on the couch - turns his head to the side and closes his eyes and falls asleep!)

Croup has hit our house in full force!!! And it has landed right on the boy!

It was SO sad! The first night he got sick - I stayed up half the night making sure he didn't die because I thought there wasn't much they could do for croup. We slept in the bathroom with the shower running hoping the steam would help. And then Matt spent the rest of the night/morning sitting outside with Adam wrapped up in blankets because it was the only thing that would soothe him. By morning we knew we had to take the poor boy in because it wasn't getting better.

So the poor teeny guy ended up in urgent care getting steroids to open up his airway and getting breathing treatments just like Matt had when he was little. They took x-rays to make sure it wasn't pneumonia and then determined he had croup/BRONCHITIS!

After a couple breathing treatments he was SO MUCH better. He then had a mean day where all he would do is throw tantrums and hit himself, then hit me, and then finish it off by pinching my arm. That day was super fun, as well. He's finally to the coughing stage that I know will last all winter. Poor boy - he's just our little sickling!