Sick Again

Sunday night Miles started coughing, or actually barking like a seal. He seemed to feel fine...he just sounded terrible. When I picked him up from daycare yesterday, they said that he coughed a lot....even to the point that they had to turn the air conditioning on to try to calm him & help him stop coughing.

So, I called Dr. Bates' office this morning and was able to make a 10:30 appointment. It's one of those things that could be absolutely nothing and or it could be something. He was hoarse today and sounded like his lungs were full of junk.

We waited for Dr. Bates while exploring the room...


Turns out he has the Croup. I always thought the Croup was just a name for a really bad cough. Dr. Bates explained that it is a virus that causes the throat to swell. It has nothing to do with the lungs (Miles' sounded great), so the breathing treatments that we'd been doing were pointless, even though he really likes them...

He gave us 3 doses of a steroid to help reduce the swelling. There is nothing you can do for the cough since it is a virus. I'm so glad we went. I've gotten a lot better about determining when a doctor's visit is necessary and when we can wait it out. Miles stayed home for the rest of the day with Darrin. After a good nap, Darrin said he woke up very happy. We'll see what tomorrow holds....I think he'll be fine to go to daycare.