Let me paint a picture for you. It's 1:20 in the morning. You're asleep dreaming about Robert Downey Jr. in his Iron Man suit when a blood curdling cry snaps you out of your blissful slumber. Next thing you hear is a seal barking, preschooler screaming and crying, and your confused husband trying to get him to calm down and go pee.
This was my Friday morning. After a little bit of research and my husband's sleep filled memory clearing we realized our baby boy had croup. The rest of the night was filled with me waking up to boost my son back into an inclined position so he could breathe easier. Hubby ended up taking the day off of work and I went in for a half day.
Here we are a day later and the cough is getting better as long as he doesn't speak, move, or lay down. (Because you know four-year-olds are perfect at that.) His breathing is still pretty labored and if he moves too much his lips start to go pale.
Here's my main issue: he didn't get this from our house. There are only three of us in the house. Two adults and him. Neither do Mommy or Daddy have croup. This means that some intelligent parent sent their child to school with this extremely contagious virus. (I have a good idea about which poor little student has it, too.)
***Enter Soap Box***
If you have a child that is ill and contagious do the world a favor and KEEP THEM HOME FROM SCHOOL! For crying out loud, is your pay check worth more that your child's health! FYI, school is not a baby sitter. Our job is not to nurse your child back to health, it's to educate children to the best of our abilities. If you don't like it then you have two options: Home school your child, or STOP BREEDING!
***Exiting Soap Box***
On a non-frustrated note: I really hope that my child gets better sooner rather than later. At this point if he's not feeling better by Monday we'll have to take him to the doctor's for steroids. That is as big fear of mine. We are big on not taking medication. I even struggle with taking anything when my knee is acting up or I have a migraine. The thought of making my little boy take something really does bother me.
We'll just keep praying that all goes well and we can avoid the steroids.
This was my Friday morning. After a little bit of research and my husband's sleep filled memory clearing we realized our baby boy had croup. The rest of the night was filled with me waking up to boost my son back into an inclined position so he could breathe easier. Hubby ended up taking the day off of work and I went in for a half day.
Here we are a day later and the cough is getting better as long as he doesn't speak, move, or lay down. (Because you know four-year-olds are perfect at that.) His breathing is still pretty labored and if he moves too much his lips start to go pale.
Here's my main issue: he didn't get this from our house. There are only three of us in the house. Two adults and him. Neither do Mommy or Daddy have croup. This means that some intelligent parent sent their child to school with this extremely contagious virus. (I have a good idea about which poor little student has it, too.)
***Enter Soap Box***
If you have a child that is ill and contagious do the world a favor and KEEP THEM HOME FROM SCHOOL! For crying out loud, is your pay check worth more that your child's health! FYI, school is not a baby sitter. Our job is not to nurse your child back to health, it's to educate children to the best of our abilities. If you don't like it then you have two options: Home school your child, or STOP BREEDING!
***Exiting Soap Box***
On a non-frustrated note: I really hope that my child gets better sooner rather than later. At this point if he's not feeling better by Monday we'll have to take him to the doctor's for steroids. That is as big fear of mine. We are big on not taking medication. I even struggle with taking anything when my knee is acting up or I have a migraine. The thought of making my little boy take something really does bother me.
We'll just keep praying that all goes well and we can avoid the steroids.
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