Croup

Emma woke up with a couple coughs around midnight on Monday, and quickly began having serious troubles breathing. It was a little scary for all of us as she was making horrible gasping noises each time she breathed in. She was crying, which only made it worse, so we put on some "Dora" to help take her mind off it and as she calmed down, her breathing started to get a bit better. To make a long story short, after a call to "Health Link" and a trip to the Children's Hospital, she was diagnosed with the croup and given a dose of steroids to help clear it up. When they first told us it was croup, I thought "What is this, Anne of Green Gables? Who's getting croup nowadays?" But I guess it's more common than I thought. They say cold air is good for croup and if you recall it was about -40C Monday night with the wind chill, too much of a good thing for my liking. We finally got her home and settled around 4:30am, not bad for a hospital visit, but still too late for me to want to attempt going work the next day. She's been pretty good ever since, a little cranky about eating and going to bed, but generally she remains her goofy self. Today things went a bit south however, she's been throwing-up and filling diapers like there's major prizes to be won. Doctors say it's a virus (do they ever say anything else?), and it's all part of the croup. Poor little girl, it makes me nervous when she gets this sick, I hope she gets better immediately.