Enssle Family

We either have a dog for a daughter or we have a croupy baby

May 7th, 2007

Okay…so what is the deal! Why can’t Miss Anna catch a break? We found out this morning that Anna has croup. What a scary thing it is! Last night I was downstairs doing some work on the computer and I heard this weird noise. I honestly thought it was coming from outside - perhaps our neighbor’s dogs. Nope, it was coming from upstairs. It was Anna. Her cough sounded like a bark.

I think she slept okay last night, though. She woke up early this morning because of her cough. She also sounded like she was having trouble breathing. So we made an appointment to see the doctor. It’s funny, Anna seemed almost fine when we went to the doctor’s office at 10am. Just a short 2 hours after we had called to make the appointment. I guess that’s the nature of croup, though. Nights and early mornings are the worst and the symptoms become much less severe (to non-existent) during the day. Unfortunately, croup is contagious - no daycare for this week. Neal and I will be working half-days for the next couple of days.

Hopefully, Anna will have an okay night tonight. The doctor gave us a single-dose steroid treatment to reduce the inflammation, so that may help with the coughing. I’m not taking any chances…I’m heading to bed now in anticipation of being up for some portion of the night.

By the way, Anna weighs 22 1/2 lbs. And so far she doesn’t have an ear infection. Let’s hope it stays that way.

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