and something tells me, it won't be our last. We had to take Nathan into the ER at Methodist Children's on April 12th. I woke up about 4:30 that morning to Nathan making a strange cough. I had Paul look at Nathan in his bassinet, and Paul reported to me that he was fine. I could still hear his cough, and it just didn't sound right. I had Paul bring me Nathan, and I could tell right away that he needed a breathing treatment. Paul was out of bed and in the kitchen before I could even get out of the bed. While we were giving him a breathing treatment, he started with a cough...the barking cough unmistakable for croup! We called the RN hotline and after asking us a few questions and listening to Nathan over the phone, she instructed us to take him to the ER.
Mom came over quickly to stay with Katie, and we made our way to the hospital about 20 min from our house. I sat in the backseat with Nathan, watching him on the ride over. Of course, he hardly coughed on the trip. In fact, he smiled and played with his hands. He was the picture of health once we were seen with the exception of throwing up after eating. He was just too congested and was spitting up and drooling a lot more than usual. The physician told us that we did all the right interventions at home and to keep doing the steam showers, humidifier and breathing treatments as needed. Croup can be caused by various things, most likely Nathan’s was the result of his allergies. I hope we won’t have to deal with this very often because it sure was scary. Thankfully he was good as new in two weeks.
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