Sunday, March 01, 2009

Croup

Lily has croup. I took her to the Emergency this morning at 6am and we spent 3 hours there. They gave her 4 doses of epinephren (sp?) through an oxygen mask but there was minimal improvement. The doctor then prescribed a steroid in liquid form. Her breathing did get progressively better during the day. The good thing is that she is in good spirits. She still wanted to play and ate a really good dinner and nursed well all day. She is sleeping now. I had to put her on the spare bed downstairs as she couldn't seem to settle in her crib. I am going to sleep on the couch down stairs in case she has another attack during the night. Hopefully she will continue to improve. I am still going to take her to see Dr. Nyrienda tomorrow. Hopefully this doesn't lead to chronic breathing/chest problems. It was definitely scary.

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