Let me start by saying that Brendan is alright. Now I can tell you that we had our first trip to the emergency room Thursday night. A couple hours after I posted the news that the baby was sick, he started really wheezing – and then it turned into something horrible sounding, like he couldn’t catch his breath. We called the advice nurse, but we did it while we were pretty much getting in the car to head to the hospital. The advice nurse confirmed that we weren’t just paranoid new parents.
Everyone at the hospital was so nice – and after several hours, some steroids, and a breathing treatment – we were told it was croup, which is just a virus, and that he would feel better soon. He started coughing every time he was flat, so we held him all night. Not such a terrible burden. We did another check-up and confirmed everything with his regular doctor the next day. They said he sounded good, and didn’t find any other problems. He slept a little more last night, and he’s definitely better today. Not BETTER, but better. Now it seems more like a normal sickness. My poor peanut.
A couple of my most memorable moments:
Right before we called the doctor, when Brendan had hit his scariest breathing moment, I finally got him settled down a bit. We were rocking in the rocker, and he looked up at me and smiled. Then he started talking his happy talk – almost as if he was trying to tell me that it was all going to be okay. It made me cry.
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On a related note, the hospital staff told us that Captain was too happy to be in an emergency room. It’s true. He smiled and looked around to make sure he didn’t miss anything – even if it really wasn’t his business. Everyone gets a bang out of his name being ‘Captain’, which he is always how he is referred to in the medical arena. His insurance card proves it, afterall.
When it was time for his breathing treatment, the nice nurse told us that for adults, they would ask them to put the end of the tube in their mouth and breath – but that of course babies wouldn’t do that, so we could just put it near his mouth and nose. Clearly she didn’t know our baby. We put it near his mouth and he opened right up and happily clamped down. He also surprised them by willingly swallowing some awful tasting medicine – but of course they gave him an apple juice chaser… his first taste of juice.
