Cole has been sick the past couple of days. He's had a fever, a slight cough and a very sore throat. He lost his voice yesterday. This morning, he woke up and said he couldn't breathe. His breathing was VERY labored and he was definitely wheezing. I called his doctor, who said to take him to the emergency room. By the time we got there, he had calmed down and he was breathing semi normally again, but was still very congested and wheezing a bit. When we finally got taken back, they gave him a nebulizer treatment of albuterol and atrovent. He thought it was cool because he looked like a "dragon" with smoke coming out of his "nostrils." Here's my little dragon:
The dotor came in, diagnosed him with croup, gave him an oral steroid and send him home with an albuterol inhaler. She said that the wheezing had stopped and she wasn't going to diagnose him with asthma because the wheezing could have been caused by the croup, but to keep an eye on him when he's sick in the future and to feel free to use the inhaler if he had problems breathing when he's sick in the future.

My little guy was such a trooper. The nurse was very nice and gave him a book and a teddy bear to take home. My oh so creative child named the bear "Medium Bear" because he has a bear that is larger than this bear and many bears that are smaller. lol

It was a long morning, but at least my little boy is feeling better and breathing normally now! I hate it when my kiddos are sick. :(