It seems like Kallie has had an ongoing cold for the last few weeks. Nothing to make her feel sick and no fever just a runny nose and sneezing. Well the other weekend I noticed her cough was kind of honky, although he coughs tend to sound that way so we were not worried. I went to dinner with my girlfriends that night and shortly after I got home I heard something upstairs that did not sound normal so I ran up there. Eric was in Kallie’s room rubbing her back and trying to get her to calm down. I knew immediately she has croup. She had a very distinctive cough (like a seal) and was gasping/wheezing to catch her breath. Luckily it was cold out b/c I had heard you should take your child outside in the cold to help with their breathing (or a steamy bathroom). Unfortunately it was not helping which was making her nervous and me terrified (I did stay relatively calm for her sake). I had Eric call 911 and the ambulance was there within minutes. They knew immediate what was up by her cough, they checked her vitals which were fine but she was running a fever. The recommended we take her to the ER near our house so she could get a breathing treatment.
Thankfully we have a Swedish ER about 5 minutes away so we immediate headed out the door, in or PJs of course. They admitted her right away, gave her steroids and a breathing treatment. Within 15min she was doing much better and within the hour she was laughing and giggling. It was a long night for all of us but in the end our baby girl was quite the trooper through it all.
