Per tradition, every year we go to the River for Thanksgiving, and this year was going to be no different. Keith got the time off work, and we were super excited about our annual get away.
Leading up to the trip, the girls had both had runny noses for a few days, but nothing ever came of it, and they seemed fine, so we decided to go ahead and go anyway. We got there late Wednesday afternoon, unpacked everything and were enjoying the great outdoors.
All was well until around midnight, and we heard it. The infamous Barky-Croup cough from Kaylyn. We were not willing to take any chances (considering our past experiences with croup), so within minutes of hearing it, we were all up and loaded in the car headed back to Children's Hospital in San Diego.
Thankfully, I think we caught it early enough, that she wasn't in severe respiratory distress just yet, but we knew we were racing the clock to get those meds in her. Stupidly, we forgot her nebulizer and humidifier at home, so we were without any kind of intervention whatsoever.
The river is about 3 hours from San Diego, but we knew that if she got really bad we could stop at the Hospital in El Centro. Obviously, El Centro is not the greatest of the great when it comes to hospitals, so our first choice was definitely Children's in San Diego.
Whenever we tried to put Kaylyn in her car seat she would get really upset, which is the absolute worst thing you can do for a kid with croup, and their upper airway is already inflamed. We weighed our options, either put her in her seat and risk her going into respiratory arrest or let her sit on my lap, where she is calm and risk an accident. Obviously, neither of those choices are ideal, but ultimately we decided the second option was best for her and we decided to let her sit on my lap for the duration of the ride home, and that kept her calm.
We made it to San Diego in record time (just over 2 1/2 hours), and they gave her the usual cocktail of croup medications including steroids and breathing treatments. They watched her for a bit and set us home. At this point it was Thanksgiving morning, and we were all exhausted from the lack of sleep the night before.
We spent Thanksgiving day just the 4 of us. There was no big Dinner, and no extended family, but we were so incredibly Thankful for the medicine Kaylyn was able to get to help her breath better!
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