Breathe in, Breathe out

Andrew spent yet another night in the hosptial at the begining of this week! This time it was croup. I woke up on monday morning to what sounded like he has strangled himself with a blanket and was desperately calling for help, I ran in to find him sitting up crying with what seemed to be the lack of ability to inhale deep enough to let out a real cry. I thought he was having another "asthma" episode and gave him a breathing treatment. After I few hours I realized this didn't work and decided to take him to the Dr. He was then diagnosed with croup and we were told to go over to the local hospital for a breathing special treatment, and that he would have to stick around for a few hours after to make sure he didn't swell or "rebound" from the medication. Well, he and John spent 2 hours just waiting for the treatment and after having it he still wasn't doing well so...off they went. Transported to the children's hospital in uptown Charlotte via Ambulance. There Andrew spent the night getting treatments every 4 hours and of course being prodded at in between. He did great though and had his last treatment at 8 am and then they took him off all medication to see how he did so he could come home, which he did at about 4pm!! The hospital stay wasn't to bad from what I hear. They have a playroom and VCR's in the room. Hopefully this will be the last hospital stay for quite sometime!!!