Eben has been incredibly fortunate to not really get sick until he was 7 months old (about a week and a half ago) - and this I am SO thankful for. He had his first fever and it lasted for about 4 days. He slept and ate poorly and we had to keep pumping him full of Motrin and Tylenol (which he HATES), but other than that, all went pretty well during his first sick spell.
The second spell hit hard this morning. He had been having barky seal coughs for about 36 hours, but he was still playing, smiling, and laughing like his normal adorable self, so we didn't take him in. We knew it was probably croup and know that he can probably fight it and get past it. Well, at 2:30am this morning, he got up for a feeding and had troubles going back to sleep. Since we share a room with the little guy and Dane has to work in the morning, I took him into the living room to sleep with me on a futon mattress (yes we currently have a futon mattress lying in the middle of our living room for our sick boy...great decorating idea...really). I woke up to him breathing rapidly and loudly. I woke him up and he instantly started gasping for air and began to panic. No more playing, smiling and laughing Eben anymore...he was now scared Eben. We rushed him to the ER and they got him into a room right away and gave him a nebulizer treatment, which worked wonders right away. He also had to get steroids, Tylenol, and another nebulizer treatment. He was MUCH better after this, playing and smiling a little, but he was still a little wheezy, which concerned the docs. So, he was admitted to the Peds floor for about 4 hours for more steroids and monitoring. He is feeling much better now...thank goodness. It was scary for all of us.
I realize life will bring many more moments like this and I dread every one of them. Few things are worse for a parent than seeing your little one sick, wondering if they will be okay.
The second spell hit hard this morning. He had been having barky seal coughs for about 36 hours, but he was still playing, smiling, and laughing like his normal adorable self, so we didn't take him in. We knew it was probably croup and know that he can probably fight it and get past it. Well, at 2:30am this morning, he got up for a feeding and had troubles going back to sleep. Since we share a room with the little guy and Dane has to work in the morning, I took him into the living room to sleep with me on a futon mattress (yes we currently have a futon mattress lying in the middle of our living room for our sick boy...great decorating idea...really). I woke up to him breathing rapidly and loudly. I woke him up and he instantly started gasping for air and began to panic. No more playing, smiling and laughing Eben anymore...he was now scared Eben. We rushed him to the ER and they got him into a room right away and gave him a nebulizer treatment, which worked wonders right away. He also had to get steroids, Tylenol, and another nebulizer treatment. He was MUCH better after this, playing and smiling a little, but he was still a little wheezy, which concerned the docs. So, he was admitted to the Peds floor for about 4 hours for more steroids and monitoring. He is feeling much better now...thank goodness. It was scary for all of us. 
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