Maderville

The Croup
...or the crud as I call it. Landry wasn't feeling too well yesterday so I decided that I was going to take her to the doctor today. She was in good spirits last night so I didn't think anything of it until 4 am and she was a miserable wreck. She was feverish and so stopped up. At 4:05 we had her in the bathtub trying to cool her down. She fell back a sleep for a little while so I got showered and dressed and we had her at the pediatricians office when the doors opened. We spent the better part of the morning getting her treated for what we found out to be the croup. She got poked, prodded, took a Decadron shot and two nebulizer treatments. Her chest was just a mess. After the second treatment we noticed a difference in her breathing so we went home with prescriptions in hand. After she woke up from her afternoon nap, she was very congested and very unhappy. I called the doctor back and they could hear her erratic breathing over the phone. They told me to come back and to be prepared to be admitted to the hospital. I went into panic mode. I thought about my friend Theresa and her ordeal with Audrey last week and I just went pale. I packed a bag and headed back to her office. Fortunately, the RSV test we took earlier came back negative and while her breathing was labored, she felt like she could take nebulizer treatments at home to see if that would help instead of being admitted. So for the next 24 hours, Landry will get a treatment every 4 hours around the clock. Sounds like a fun night for Mama, huh? Anyway, there are some really great things that she has done the last few days. I will post a video and the story tomorrow. Right now I am going to straighten up this place and head to bed. I gotta be up in 3 hours to play nurse to my sweet baby.