Ugh. Our poor little guy has the croup. He started coughing on Saturday, but he was still his happy little self. He was a bit grumpy after his second nap, but I attributed that to teething. We put him down for the night like we always do and went to bed ourselves. Noah has had a cough for a week now and we were more worried about him and if he would be able to sleep. At 2am on Sunday, he was coughing a lot. I went in his room to check on him and to give him a little medicine and I instantly felt like something was wrong. I pick Elijah up out of his crib and realized that his breathing was loud... very, very loud (a strider). And very, very strained. My heart dropped. I took him to Dion and he instantly said we need to take him to the ER. Children's Hospital ER. Now. I felt like I was going to puke. With all that Elijah has gone through, nothing has been urgent while at home. Nothing has been scary. Those moments have always happened while we were in the hospital, surrounded by doctors and nurses. This was just us.
We started calling around to see if any family members could come over and stay with Noah. Both of us wanted to go to the ER with Elijah. Shanti, our niece, came over and we headed to CHLA. We have a hospital right around the corner from us, but we knew we needed to go to CHLA. Once we got to the ER they saw us immediately and got us into a room. I was certain we were going to be admitted. However, a nurse came into the room and checked his lungs and said that they sounded clear. I could feel the weight on my shoulders start to lift, just a little. Then a doctor came in and checked him. Elijah's lungs were clear, but the doctor could hear congestion and the strider he had was still very loud. The doctor said that Elijah had the croup. He gave Elijah an oral steroid and epi in the nebulizer. Over the next two hours, Elijah began to breath much easier and his mood improved drastically. By 7am we were told that we could go home. What a relief!
Elijah has slept a great deal today and isn't quite himself yet. Hopefully tonight will go smoothly, but I am trying to mentally prepare myself for a rough ride. It just breaks my heart to see him so miserable.
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