we've been so fortunate in jake's 22 months. he's rarely sick. even as a baby, he never got more than a runny nose. he did have rosela when he was almost a year old but that was the worst...until december 2011. this has been the month of runny noses, fevers, coughs and...CROUP. he started off with a simple runny nose and within a few days he had a fever and cough that sounded like nothing i'd ever heard before. this particular night his voice was horse and his cough sounded like a barking seal that was gasping for air. we took him to the ER and they diagnosed him with croup. i was a first time mom wreck crying harder than him at the hospital. they only allowed one parent back with him while they did all of his vitals (including the dreaded rectal temp) and matt took one look at me and told me to go sit in the waiting are while he handled it. we got a room pretty quickly and they gave him an oral steroid, gave us some information and sent us on our way. way scary for mom. jake's like his daddy...no fear.
flashback from when he had roseola...
always smiling...even when sick
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