I spent the evening with Elijah last night while Dan was at his sister's house. When Dan got home I said, "High alert for croup!" I just knew it would happen. Sure enough, at 9:00 we heard the stridor through the baby monitor. It was a mild episode compared to previous ones, but it was still something to be concerned about. We got him into a steamy bathroom, gave him a racemic epi neb (LOVE this stuff!) and a dose of oral steroids. After all this, his breathing was just fine. He still has croup remnants, a cough and sniffles, but those things are manageable. We are following his pulmonologist's directions to the T because we want to make sure it goes away quickly. He will be taking oral steroids for the next few days (yuck) and high dose pulmicort nebs. So! Round 4 of croup for the '08-'09 cold season!
My friend Debra has very generously offered to come over and babysit Elijah tomorrow night so Dan and I can get out of the house for a bit, so hopefully the little man will be feeling better by then. Aside from our Asheville getaway, we haven't had a date night in a very long time. How sad.
i hate croup - nasty stuff. Glad, though that it wasn't too horrible of an episode and you didn;t have to make any ER runs.
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The dreaded croup! I hope Elijah is feeling better today. And go enjoy your date night, you deserve it!
ReplyDeleteI hope Elijah is feeling much better now. Pre-celebration of the Valentine's Day with Dan, have a great time!
ReplyDeleteNo No No! Tell that stridor and croup that they have to go away... they're not welcome in your home! Poor little man!
ReplyDeleteYay for eating all the different foods...boo for that nasty croup! Hope this runs its course quickly! Give that sweet boy some get-well hugs & kisses from us!
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Cindy
Yuck. Croup croup go away...don't come again on any day!!
ReplyDeleteI hope that he is feeling better....and that you are able to get your date night!!
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Jennifer
Megan I am so impressed with how well you handle this. Good job staying on top of it and taking such great care of your little man. I hope you and Dan get to go out for a little bit tomorrow and that Elijah is feeling better soon!
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