Pencil Thin

A friend of ours is dealing with a toddler with croup. If you haven’t had a child with croup it isn’t fun! When our 2nd DS at 7mo caught croup we rushed him to the ER and by the time we got there at 2am he wasn’t barking anymore. Why? Because it was the middle of Feb and it was cold outside. The attending doctor gave him a steroid that helped. But even the doctor said the best course was to just take him outside and he would clear up. That same child has been susceptible to croup each year. He is usually the only one to catch it when it comes around. Our doctor advised us to avoid the old shower/steam concept. He said that recent studies show that this can trigger a rebound type affect in the airway where they seem better for a bit and then suddenly get worse than they were before.

We’ve dealt with a lot of croup in our house, as it seems to accompany asthma pretty often. We’ve had a middle of the night emergency room trip because of the stridor as well.