poor bear... on monday he got sick- high fever and a barking-like cough... and yup- turns out he has croup (an inflammation in his throat somewhere).... we ended up taking him to the ER last night(tues) and they gave him oxygen, did some chest x-rays, and prescribed some medicine. praise God because this morning(wed) he did NOT wake up with a high fever. he was still warm, but not like the last few days.
oh and wednesday night i think papa and mama get the unofficial award of shame for pulling a "first-time parents" move... ugh. in short- the bear has been sick and last night he totally flipped out and wigged out before bed like crazy! crying non-stop for about half an hour and stiffening and arching and everything! and it was making his breathing and coughing worse. we did NOT know what to do! prayed yes, but we still flipped out too... sooo.. yup, we did it.... we called 911... i know! ok so they checked him out and they said he was ok for the most part, but were unable to take him to the hospital we go to.. so we opted to not ride with them. we drove on our own and I called bears dr for some advice, drove to the ER AND guess what?! yup.... he stopped crying, stopped flipping out and was talking and playing ... and so there we were- puzzled and baffled.... went on a longer drive back home and prayed for him to go to bed and be well! and he did!
this morning(thurs) bears doctors office called to follow up and pretty much they think he's ok and doesnt need to come in and he's NOT contagious!
Praise God!
i hope this NEVER happens again! oy!
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ugh! jacob and the bear must have been texting eachother with new tricks to pull on the parents!! jacob did that to me when i was pregnant...joshua was out of town and jacob got sick...was screaming and crying nonstop and was gagging and spitting up everything i gave him to eat...took him to the ER and as soon as we got there...jacob was happy as a clam, eating goldfish and be-bopping around the exam room. glad he was okay...still not sure what got into him that night!
yay becky! we're not the only ones!!!!! hahahahahahahah i hope this NEVER happens again! im calling my in-laws next time!
but becky didn't call 911. hehe.
That sucks, but at the same time I guess you can consider yourself lucky that they only time he had a tantrum like that was when he was sick. My friends kid does that stuff on a weekly basis!
His breathing sounded bad enough to where I wasn't sure we would make it to ER... and the night before he was treated for low oxygen level... so I wouldn't change the 911 call..
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