"Are you going insane yet?" Oh, good! I guess this means he didn't think I was insane before! "Not really...why, are you?" I asked. Quiet...."Why don't you just go to the couch?" I instructed. "I hate to leave you alone with this." This conversation took place late last night as I sat up against my pillows holding my 2 year old son against my chest as he coughed CONTINUOUSLY for hours. I did send my husband to the couch. No point in us both being awake all night. We had tried absolutely everything we could think of to help Will stop coughing. Nothing worked. "It's croup and nothing you could have done would have helped" said the pediatrician this morning as she prescribed a nebulizer machine with saline to use hourly and a box of albuterol that we are only to use when he cannot stop coughing. I felt relieved that she was sending us home with more than just words of comfort unlike just about every other time I have taken my sick child to the doctor. It was also good to know that though I was trying the right things, it wasn't my fault none of it was working. I guess though I am a nurse, I am not a miracle worker! I try my best to implement my nursing knowledge into the care of my children, but coughs are really scary. Really, they are!! The strange thing is, Will and I actually did fall at asleep at some point and got about 6 hours of rest last night. My husband could not fall asleep on the couch and was up ALL NIGHT LONG.
Have you heard about putting vicks vapor rub on their feet and then putting on socks? I'm so curious to know if it works. I think it was an e-mail thing I read a while ago. Our prayers are with you, and I don't envy you with your little ones - I am thankful mine are older and don't seem to get as sick!
I am a 36 year old stay-at-home-mom happily married to my husband Thomas. We have been married for 4 1/2 years and have spent the past 3 1/2 years learning how to be parents. Babies do not come with a manual! We have been blessed with two wonderful children who have truly given me more joy than I could ever have imagined (we won't mention gray hairs): Wild William (3 years) and
Princess Natalie (22 months)Finding myself living in the south was never something I imagined or sought after. I was quite content living in Los Angeles with no intent to leave. I guess God had other plans. I am finding contentment and joy I did not think was possible and am learning to do the dance!
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Have you heard about putting vicks vapor rub on their feet and then putting on socks? I'm so curious to know if it works. I think it was an e-mail thing I read a while ago. Our prayers are with you, and I don't envy you with your little ones - I am thankful mine are older and don't seem to get as sick!
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