Go away Ike. Seriously. I could do without you and your winds.
So after busting my tail organizing the garage so that I could fit all of our backyard stuff, I come inside around 10pm to relax. About 11 or so we realize that Cayden's coughing and breathing aren't normal. He starts fussing and April and I take turns trying to soothe him. Around 1am we gave up. He was coughing violently, wheezing like crazy and having trouble getting his breath. With Ike on his way, we made the decision to take him to the ER, figuring (correctly) that doctors' offices would not be available today and Monday would be WAY too long to wait for him to breath!
So Cayden and I headed up to the local ER. Nothing like a trip to the ER when a major storm is approaching to make you realize how good you have it! There was one lady who was suicidal and psychotic who kept yelling and cursing at everyone. Another guy who nearly chopped his hand off cutting plywood for the storm. There was a grandma who had been beaten up (not sure by whom), and sadly there were several people who had been dropped off at the hospital because they figured it would be safe during the storm.
Anyhow...back to the important part of the story. Cayden's blood/oxygen levels were 88% when we got there and he was running a slight fever. Not horrible, but considering that he was showing no symptoms until early yesterday afternoon, it could have gotten much worse. After hearing him cough a few times the nurse identified his ailment as croup. Cayden got four breathing treatments and a dose of steriods before his lungs were clear enough for the doc to send us home. We made it to the house around 4:45 this morning. It was actually a pretty quick trip to the ER by most standards, but holding down a screaming baby while trying to administer breathing treatments somehow makes for a REALLY long night!
Thankfully we're doing much better today. The drugs seem to be helping and the pharmacy was open to let us get more!! Hopefully daddy and mommy can find some time to sleep today as we're a bit worn out.
Here's the kids playing while Mommy and Daddy get ready for Ike. (obviously Cayden is feeling a bit better!)
Cayden is trying to help board up some windows!
We put Cayden in here so that we could get dressed and get ready for everyone to take a nap. Looks like he couldn't wait!
Good luck to anyone in the path of IKE! Be safe.
