My poor little guy is sick and I stayed home with him today. Early yesterday morning (around 2am), I took Jace to the emergency room. He's been running a low fever off and on since Sunday evening. Around 12:30am, I woke up to the sound of Jace breathing really loudly and a barking cough. I ran in his room to check on him and he was burning up. I stripped him down, his fever was 103.7, I gave him some Tylenol and put a cool washcloth on him. After almost an hour, he fever was only down to 103.3 and he sounded terrible so I decided to take him in. James stayed home with Avaree.
We got there and didn't have to wait long as soon as the RN in triage heard him. He could tell immediately he had croup. Once the doctor came in to see him, he quickly diagnosed him as having croup with stridor and an ear infection in his right ear. They gave us a dose of steroids (Decadron) to help with the inflammation in his throat and his first dose of an antibiotic (Amoxil) for his ears. He said there was nothing else they could do about the croup, just to keep the air he breathes cool and moist.
Other than the cough and breathing, he acted fine at the hospital. He smiled at the RN in triage and at the doctor when he walked in and he climbed all over the bed and wouldn't be still. We got home around 4am and Jace went right to bed.
He's feeling a little better, still running a low fever and his voice is hoarse. His coughing isn't that bad during the day, but it gets worse during the night. Hopefully he'll be back to normal soon!
