What is that you ask?
Croup (or laryngotracheobronchitis) is a respiratory condition that is usually triggered by an acute viral infection of the upper airway. The infection leads to swelling inside the throat, which interferes with normal breathing and produces the classical symptoms of a "barking" cough, stridor, and hoarseness.
The "barking" cough is often described as resembling the call of a seal or sea lion. The stridor is worsened by agitation or crying, and if it can be heard at rest, it may indicate critical narrowing of the airways.
OK, now that I have scared you. let me reassure you that she is fine. She woke up around 11:30p last night trying to cry and talk but she was hoarse. She seemed to be having trouble getting air but her color was fine. We called the Dr. and he told us to steam up the bathroom and give her a breathing treatment. When that did not work we ended up taking her to Texas Children's in the Medical Center. There was no wait to get in the ER and we were in a room in no time. Her blood / oxygen level never fell below 98% except when she would stand on the monitor! So that was wonderful. They gave her a steroid (dexamethasone) and that seemed to calm the symptoms. We were there about 2 hours and then they said we could go home because she looked really good.
We got home around 3:30a and my alarm went off at 5:45a, I so did not want to get up! Juliet is at home with daddy and she got up around 7:30, we were hoping she would sleep in but no such luck.
We ask you to pray for her speedy recovery!
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