On Thursday night Hailey started acting like she was getting a cold. Since she is over 2 and my RSV fears are subsiding we are fully enjoying all the fall activities and not letting a little cold scare us. So I was prepared for a "little" cold. Well, leave it to Hailey not to get a little cold, but full-blown croup. It came on fast and hard. She woke up Thursday early morning (around 3am) breathing really hard (it sounded like she was hyperventilating), probably scared herself. You can hear rattling in her chest/throat with every breathe she takes. I am learning not to overreact myself and thankfully Tim was home that night so we just got her to calm down and she slept with us until we could go to the doctors the next day. They ended up giving her a shot of steriods since she was breathing so hard and told us the croup should last 3-4 days and then turn into a regular cold. Doctors solution for coughing fits or breathing difficulties, take her in the cold air even at 2am. So yesterday we took her outside a couple of times and opened all the windows to let that cold air in.
Today she seems to be the same, though thankfully her breathing seems to have improved a little. So we are off to a good start this winter and really "winter" hasn't even arrived yet :-)
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Yeah we are on cold #3 already since Fall started...sigh.. Hope she gets better soon. I hate cold season!
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