Our first middle of the night emergency room visit.
Jax sleeps way down in the basement and we used to keep a baby monitor with him so we could hear if he woke up at night or needed something. Recently we haven't been using it b/c he rarely wakes up, and if he does he walks upstairs. Last night I when I went to bed I noticed it was not on. I yelled down for Ryan to turn it on. He didn't, so I went all the way back down and turned it on. This is unusual for me b/c I hate going up and down stairs, especially when Ryan was already down there, but for whatever reason I did it.
At 1:00 I heard a strange noise on the monitor. I got Ryan up and told him to go check b/c it wasn't coughing or crying, but it was something weird. Turns out Jax got croup in the middle of the night and his throat was swelling shut. He's had croup 4 other times, but we always got it under control and then got steroids the next day. This time was different. He was panicking b/c he couldn't breathe. He couldn't talk or cough or anything. I was terrified. I tried to get him outside to breathe the cool air, but he wouldn't. We finally got him to call down by telling him he could play football on the PlayStation. At that point he could breathe, but not well.
I called my mom and she came over to stay with the girls while we took him to the hospital. He was the 3rd kid there that night with croup and another little boy with it was right behind us. The gave him a cool mist breathing treatment and steroids and we had to stay there for awhile so they could monitor him. He is doing better today, but is still not as good as I'd like him to be. They say the 2nd night of croup is worse, so I'm very nervous about tonight. He has to miss school today b/c I'm worried about him having an attack there.
He is going to the doctor -not ours, he's out till Monday :( -and hopefully will get another round of steroids to help him get through the night. Croup is such a scary thing. I'm just hoping the baby doesn't get it now.
On a side note, the e.r. trip was priceless. There was a man who was obviously on some kind of drug that kept trying to escape his room. At first it was funny and the nurses were just pulling him back in. Eventually he became agitated and the had to get two male nurses and security to wrangle him back to his room and keep him in. It was entertaining, but he made me a little nervous. I think I've watched too many episodes of E.R.
At 1:00 I heard a strange noise on the monitor. I got Ryan up and told him to go check b/c it wasn't coughing or crying, but it was something weird. Turns out Jax got croup in the middle of the night and his throat was swelling shut. He's had croup 4 other times, but we always got it under control and then got steroids the next day. This time was different. He was panicking b/c he couldn't breathe. He couldn't talk or cough or anything. I was terrified. I tried to get him outside to breathe the cool air, but he wouldn't. We finally got him to call down by telling him he could play football on the PlayStation. At that point he could breathe, but not well.
I called my mom and she came over to stay with the girls while we took him to the hospital. He was the 3rd kid there that night with croup and another little boy with it was right behind us. The gave him a cool mist breathing treatment and steroids and we had to stay there for awhile so they could monitor him. He is doing better today, but is still not as good as I'd like him to be. They say the 2nd night of croup is worse, so I'm very nervous about tonight. He has to miss school today b/c I'm worried about him having an attack there.
He is going to the doctor -not ours, he's out till Monday :( -and hopefully will get another round of steroids to help him get through the night. Croup is such a scary thing. I'm just hoping the baby doesn't get it now.
On a side note, the e.r. trip was priceless. There was a man who was obviously on some kind of drug that kept trying to escape his room. At first it was funny and the nurses were just pulling him back in. Eventually he became agitated and the had to get two male nurses and security to wrangle him back to his room and keep him in. It was entertaining, but he made me a little nervous. I think I've watched too many episodes of E.R.
6 comments:
awwww, little jaquileen!!!! I don't know how to spell that.
That is so scary!!! We made that middle-of-the-night trip with Bridger 2 years ago (he was only 18 months...) I was so terrified and he was so panicked he could hardly breathe at all--he still gets it often but thankfully it hasn't been that bad since. I am so sorry! I'm assuming you have a cool mist humidifier in his room?? That really helped Bridger. Call me if you need to borrow it.
Hope tonight goes better and that he gets better soon. The night I spent in the ER last year there was a man on drugs trying to escape also. It kept us entertained. They almost tasered him.
Yeah that's a little scary. Glad he's OK.
That is every parents nightmare! Ryker had croup a month ago too! Hope it passes quickly!
eww. croup sounds nasty. tell jackson i love him and to get better!
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