October 23 started out like any normal day. Tavin was a little crabby, but nothing unbearable. He got to daycare and did well until he woke up from his morning nap with a fever of 101.4!! I picked him up and Shaun and took them both home. He did well the rest of the day, being his crazy toddler self. Overnight, he slept well. Waking up every now and then with a little cough, but nothing we had to go in for.
He was up really early on October 24, and was still running a fever.
So, I stayed home with him and he was overly clingly and didn't eat well. He managed to sleep fairly well that night again. His breathing was really congested sounding.
On October 25 (Friday), he still was not much better and was actually wheezing while he was awake. I called the doctor's office and they suggested bringing him in as it sounded like croup.
Our appointment was at 12:45 and I thought it was going to be a quick in and out. After the NP checked him over, she said it was indeed croup and he would need to do some treatments. One which would require him to stay in the hospital for 2-3 hours afterwards!! And if the treatments didn't help, an overnight stay in the hospital!
The first treatment was an oral steroid mixed with some Tylenol which he did not want to take at all.
After that fun struggle, we had an even bigger one, a neubulizer treatment. T was not happy and I was sobbing right along with him. But we were all troopers and got through it! Then the long wait in the waiting room. Thankfully, he could run a little bit and wear off some energy (even though he should have been napping).
Tired!
After our hours were up, the NP checked him out again and was still suggesting that he needed to stay overnight. So we asked for a second opinion, and the doctor that was there (and would be in the ER all weekend) came to look at him. She suggested that once his steroid kick in, he would be fine. If he would have any problems, she would be the one we would see if we had to go the ER. PHEW!!
So we made it home around 5 had a little supper and then got him to bed (which took 2 hours!). Thankfully he slept great and did not wake up with an "episode".
Surprisingly, we got a call from the NP on Saturday checking in with us. I was extremely surprised that she called on a weekend! Shaun and I both agreed that if we went to the walk-in on Friday, it would have been a completely different outcome.
