So, I took Ian to the doctor today. I'm glad Sean's uncle was in today because he's really good with my sensitive little man.

Ian started with the croup on Tuesday so we began the liquid steroid right away. He was pretty bad at night, but he was able to sleep for the most part. The next day my parents watched him while I worked and he was "OK" as far as coughing went. That night was pretty bad: he got asthma treatments every 4 hours and a DM cough medication that's supposed to help him sleep, and then at 2am I had to change his sheets and blankets because he fell asleep without a pull-up on. Thursday a family friend watched him for half a day so I could work, and by the time I got home he was awful. He couldn't stop coughing, so we spent a lot of time in the shower until Sean got home. As the night wore on the poor kid started gagging because of the coughing, so we pushed Popsicles and these great lollipops that are made for sore throats. The night was horrible! We spent hours awake doing treatments, medication, singing to him... He ended up basically passing out even while coughing and managed to sleep for an hour or two.

So, he's on liquid steroids twice a day, inhaled steroids twice a day, albuteral every four hours, antibiotics three times a day, and night-time cough medication that has a sleep agent in it. My poor little boy is a mess, but he's smiling the whole way.