Spoke too soon!

Here we are at Wednesday, of the 2nd week of school. Bubs has not been to class at ALL this week. Sunday evening he came down with something that basically had him coughing all night. Monday morning he was coughing nonstop - I couldn't send him to school like that. He would be a distraction and not be able to concentrate. We got a Dr. appt and his Dr. sent him for X-Rays of his chest. Thought he had pneumonia! What a shocker. No fever or other signs just a heck of a lot of coughing.

We got antibiotics and took him to Grandma & Grandpa's house to rest. Not much change that night. Gave him some cough medicine before bed and he went right to sleep. BUT, at one in the morning he had to go potty. Once he was up, he started coughing again and couldn't sleep. This time, so much coughing he had a hard time catching his breath. We tried everything that you do with Croup - cold outside air, warm steamy bathroom, drink warm liquid... Nothing seemed to work.

Bubs "Mommy when am I going to be able to breave (breathe) again"

I called the 24 hour nurse and after she talked to a Dr. we decided that Bubs needed to be taken to the ER. My first visit to Walnut Creek since Bubs was born! I had to get directions again. And my first visit to the ER ever! (& hopefully last) Nothing much but quiet & waiting. Bubs was very calm but asked a lot of questions. He was so patient (and alert) for being up in the middle of the night. They could hear him wheezing & he ended up getting a nebulizer (breathing) treatment. Apparently he does not have pneumonia, but some viral infection. Through all of this, since Sunday night - no other signs of anything - no runny nose, no fever! We got a prescription for albuterol so we should be able to take care of any breathing problems at home now. We managed to get back home by 3:30am and back to sleep by 4 for 2 more hours.

Besides mommy & daddy being tired at their work today we all survived! Bubs picked up his activity and appetite today. Unfortunately we started a bad pattern now & Bubs decided he would much prefer to stay home and go to his grandparents house, instead of go to school. He just came out of his bed & room, coughed, and said "mommy I still can't breave, I can't go to school." Stinker! I think he's on the road to recovery!