Don't worry, everything is okay. Thursday night as Brad and I were just falling asleep, we heard Leo on the monitor start to cough violently and it sounded like he was gasping to breath and. Now we know that this "barking like a seal" is a telltale indicator. We swooped him out of his crib, threw him in his car seat, put on pants, and rushed to the Emergency Room. Luckily we live about 5 blocks from the nearest hospital. We sprinted in the entrance and the nurse at the front desk said "Hi. Oh, yeah, he has croup". We immediately knew what it was and wasn't concerned, so that really calmed us down.
As we got into our hospital room, the nurses sloooowly asked us what was wrong, asked how loooooong it had been going on, and just huuuung out. Their lack of urgency let me and Brad know that Leo is okay, he's not struggling for breath, and what he has is totally normal and not cause for alarm. I asked them a few times, and they assured me a few times, that his oxygen level is 100% and there is no cause for concern. That doesn't mean it wasn't scary.
We quickly learned that if we were calm, Leo was calm, and if he was calm, his cough would calm down. So Brad held Leo, calmed him down, and snuggled while the nurses did their thing.
They gave Leo a mist to breath in and a steroid which we continued for the next few days. There wasn't much poking or prodding which was nice - they just watched Leo for a bit to make sure everything was okay.
I stayed home with Leo on Friday and we went to the pediatrician first thing in the morning to check in, and they said all is good. So I had a bonus day with Leo while Brad worked from home! Here is our amazing baby on Friday:
And on Saturday (GAME DAY!) - note his Wisconsin polo and his blue and white game day bibs (overalls), then his Penn State sweatshirt and Bucky pillow:
And here is a video of Leo's newest trick (watch the video on the blog here: www.thestamms.blogspot.com):
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