Sickness..........

1st week in Oct Brittney got sick, she had the tropical cold like symptoms but her voice got hoarse and her throat was really bothering her.
 The next week Luke got it. I picked him up from school and he told me that he hadn't felt good all day, I felt him and he had a fever. Poor guy, I don't know why he didn't tell his teacher. He came home and got a blanket (mind you it was 95 degrees that day) and laid on the couch, UNTIL the Motrin kicked in, then he was up, doing his homework and then outside he went.

Blake cuddled with his sick brother





 He was fine in the morning, so off to school he went, just to repeat the same thing after school, even after I told him over and over if he didn't feel good to tell his teacher. This went on for 4 days and on day 4 he woke up with a horrible deep, (sounds like a seal asking for food cough). He had a big night that night. His hockey team did a fundraiser at the Ontario Reign opening night game, its called chuck a puck. The kids sell a blue puck with a number on it for $2.00 and after the 2nd period you take your puck and throw it onto the ice. They have different areas that designate certain prizes. Well after Motrin and him begging to go we decided to give it a try and he was fine all night.


Luke and his buddy Tyler selling Chuck -A- Pucks


I Started him on his steroids (we keep those on hand for his asthma) that day and he was so much better the next day!
4 short days later Blake woke up with a tiny deep cough. Here we go again, 3rd kid sick in 3 weeks. After his nap he was worse and had a fever but still ok. He went to bed as usual and at midnight he woke up and from there we were up the rest of the night. He was having trouble breathing, he had all the symptoms of croup, so I followed all the "what to do's" we rotated from the steamy hot bathroom, to his room with the cool mist humidifier all night. I called the Dr first thing in the morning and got him an appointment. We were almost there and he coughed and chocked which made him vomit all over himself. 
We arrived at the Dr.'s with a very sick little boy who had vomit all over himself (I don't carry a change of clothes for him anymore and for the record I cleaned him up with a ton of baby wipes).

He had a temp of 102.8 and that was an hour after Tylenol. Dr knew as soon as she heard him cough he had croup. She watched his breathing for about 10 minutes, examed him and sent me over for xrays.
Us waiting for x-rays

 She ordered them STAT and called me when she got the report and told me she wanted me to take him to the E.R. she said they can give him what they call a loader dose of steroids and a breathing treatment of epinephrine (adrenalin).  So off we went.  We pretty much got right in, they checked his vitals and got us in a room in no time. They gave him the loader dose of steroids and did the breathing treatment and monitored him for about 45 mins and they got us out of there.

 He is on 5 days of steroids here at home and I cant wait until he is done, they are making him so moody! All other symptoms are pretty much gone, he has a little bit of a cough, but really only coughs about 15 times a day!
Out of the 17 (almost 18 yrs) of being a mom I have never had a child that sick that scared me so bad (even with Luke having asthma). Him gasping for breaths and looking at me with such fear was the worst feeling EVER!
Kyle woke up this morning with a little stuffy nose, I am praying its not his turn this week!