Kylie gave Tiffany a little scare last Sunday, here is Tiffany’s recounting of it and the situation that followed:

On Sunday night (the 14th) I put Kylie to bed around 7 because she was saying she was tired and wanted to go to bed, which was weird in itself, but I figured if she were tired then I would put her down. However, it wasn’t going to be a quite night, she woke up at around 10 crying. I let it go for a minute, thinking she might just be crying out in one of her dreams, but then it didn’t stop. It was a bit of an unusual cry, so I went upstairs to see what was wrong, and when I got up there she was sitting up in bed. I told her to lay down and I opened up the side door so I could rub her back because that usually helps her to calm down and fall back to sleep. But when she laid down and I started rubbing her back I noticed that she felt warm, so I then touched her head and found that she was burning up. I called down to mom to get me the Tylenol and the thermometer, and when I took her temperature it was 103.3. When I found out her temperature was that high I tried calling the Dr’s office, but the line was busy. I kept trying to call but the line was busy for about 15 minutes, and by that time Kylie was in my bed with me and I checked her temp again and it was 103.5, her temperature was rising! I was about ready to go to the ER when I finally got through to the Dr’s office. The nurse told me not to worry about Kylie’s temperature, but to watch her breathing. Well Kylie was a bit shaky when first got to her and she was breathing pretty fast, which was normal as she had been crying, but it did sound like she may be having trouble breathing or that she was scared. The nurse told me to wait an hour and a half after the Tylenol and see if her temperature goes down, and that even if it went down a bit, it was going down. If it got to around 102, then she would be able to sleep a bit more comfortable. Well, it took a while, but it did go down and about 2 hours later it was 102.5. Not much better, but down. However, it was not good enough for Kylie to sleep well and she was up almost the entire night, therefore so was I.

On Monday morning (the 15th) I took Kylie to see Dr Waier. He said that she had croup. It is an upper respiratory infection that is pretty common in children. Many children are actually taken to the ER instead of waiting it out and going to the Dr the next day. I was glad that the office had a 24 hour hot line to tell if you should take your child to the ER. The cold air actually helps a child with croup, as does steam (the coughing anyway). The doctor prescribed Kylie with a twice only dose of steroids. He said it was to help keep her air ways open, since this illness can cause a closing of the windpipe. She will be allowed to go back to daycare once her fever has broken. Which she has had only low grade fevers today, so since I am off tomorrow, Thursday (the 18th) looks to be promising.

Some other notes from her Dr.’s visit:

Dr Waier was very impressed again at how well behaved she is and that she doesn’t cry. She will even stick her tongue out when he wants to look in her throat. He also asked if she snored, and when I said “yes, why?” He said because she has really large tonsils, which I am thinking that means she may have to have a tonsillectomy sometime down the road if they are already large, we will have to see. He also said she had very waxy ears which he had to clean out and was impressed that she let him do it. He said that only a handful of 2 year olds will ever let him do it. 🙂