We have all had this horrible cold on and off for the past few weeks. Isabella was finally getting over it, and then Tuesday night she started getting sick again. She would only sleep if she was being held, and started coughing horribly. Her breathing was extremely labored, and you could see her ribs every time she took a breath. I was up rocking her at 4 am trying to decide whether or not I should wake Billy and take her to the ER.
We made it through the night and called our Doctor first thing in the morning. He was delivering a baby, but we were advised by our nurse to go to the emergency room. They hooked Izzy up to the machine and started monitoring her oxygen levels, which thankfully were great. They gave her some sort of steroid medication, a breathing treatment, did some xrays, and a swab of her nose and throat. The doctors told us Isabella had Croup. We had to wait 2 hours after the steroids to make sure that they made her breath better. After almost 4 hours we were sent home.
Bella went to our doctor the next day for a follow up, and she was breathing hard again. Our doctor went back and forth on it, but told us that we could just take her home and watch her closely. If she got any worse, we were to go to the hospital. The next couple days were miserable. She would not eat or drink, and all she wanted to do was sleep. We were worried about dehydration, so we were preparing to take her to the hospital again.
Isabella must have heard me talking to Daddy on the phone. As soon as I told him that we were going to have to go to the hospital to get fluids in her, she started taking some water and juice for me :)
It was a rough, scary week! With VERY little sleep for Mommy and Daddy. Isabella is still not 100% but she is doing a lot better. Thank you for your prayers!
