my little monster has croup. the distinctive seal barking started yesterday morning after a few days of a stuffy nose. his raspy breathing & "stridor" gradually got worse until after {a very short} naptime i knew he was going downhill fast. i called his pediatrician & within thirty minutes of my call we were sitting in the waiting room. she looked at him, took his temp {he had a fever} & listened to him struggle to breath. "yup, croup." before i knew it they were sticking his leg with a steroid shot & prescribing albuterol treatments.
thank-freaking-heavens for modern medicine.
croup used to be a dreaded & deathly illness. and it can still be very serious to this day when not treated promptly. we are headed back to the doctor's office today to make sure he is really getting better & to possibly receive another steroid treatment. since his pediatrician had just hospitalized a previous patient for RSV, she's not taking this lightly & for that? i'm grateful.
here's to hoping we get our giggly non-seal-barking p-ray back asap.
{linking up with wordless wednesday at and then she {snapped}, baby baby lemon, the paper mama, & a little king & i}
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