So the little boy woke up at 4:20am this morning, crying and burning up and coughing and miserable. I was exhausted but also a little at my wit’s end. I almost took him to the urgent care. After I gave him some medicine, he was better but still very lethargic. He couldn’t hold his head up so I put him back down in bed where he slept for a tiny bit and then woke up coughing. We even drove over to the hospital but then thought better of it. At this point, he was much more himself so I knew it was better to be calmer and more organized. Jake took David to the bus, I came home for the cleaning lady and waited for the doctor’s office to open. They were awesome and gave me an appointment quickly. We rushed over there and yes he has something like croup. Throat is sore and inflamed. Poor little boy.
We came back home and he was so tired so I put him down.
We had a lot of these sad faces today.
But he was much better as the day wore on. I decided to take a personal day from work and rest, too. I did end up working more than planned but it was still good to stress less. We picked up David who’d had a good day at school and came home to rest and eat dinner.
I snapped this odd photo of Nathaniel that’s blurry but it’s the only non-crying photo I have from today so I want to put it here so I can remember that it wasn’t all crying.
By the evening, he was in better moods and even played outside a bit. I am overwhelmingly exhausted and behind in so many tasks but just hiding behind my book. It will all sort itself out soon.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Nathaniel isn’t too sick or having huge coughing fits. He’s a strong little boy and hopefully will be much better soon.
2. I am grateful I was able to take the day off and rest a bit and grateful that despite my day off, made some progress at work and set the space up for a good day at work tomorrow.
3. I am grateful that while I am letting things slide, people have been so kind and understanding.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. making my P puppet (penguin!)
2. playing road game with my friend Hassen at school
3. creating rhymes with words that end with “en” at school
So sad, little boy. My heart hurts for him.
Hannn pauvre loulou, on a qu’une envie c’est de lui faire un énooorme câlin!
Hem Katya hem Alek gecenin ortasinda “croup” krizi gecirirlerdi… Nefes almalarina yardimci tek sey aninda banyoda sicak dus acip acele bol buhar yapmakti… hic olmazsa doktora getirinceye kadar nefes alabiliyorlardi…
I hope you wont be needing this tip again… Gecmis olsun!
Hi Karen,
So sorry the little guy is sick. Just hang in there, this too shall pass! It’s really hard to see them down like that, but the up side is, they tend to get better fast too. I hope you and your family have a better day today.
gecmis olsun
I still using our grandmothers tips, “ihlamur” linden tea in biberon, and vicks on chest…. it works….
thank you so much for your kind kind words. thankfully he’s so much better!!