Croup with a side of RSV

A couple of days ago, I was going to post about how healthy Brennan has been. At almost a year old, he has had nothing more than an occasional runny nose. And with three older siblings who have had fevers, runny noses, coughs and stomach bugs this winter, I thought it was nothing short of a miracle that our little guy had managed to stay healthy through it all. Well, yesterday morning, Brennan woke up with a fever of 101. The fever went down with some tylenol, so I thought we were in the clear. Then he woke up last night wheezing and with a barking cough. He also had a fever of 103. I gave him some tylenol and took him into the bathroom for a good hot steam, but neither helped. His fever didn't go down and he was still wheezing and coughing. So, we headed to our local emergency room at about 2:30. Ends up my little guy has RSV and Croup. So, they gave him some oxygen and a steroid shot to help relieve his inflamed airways. Luckily, this worked very quickly....however, after the steroid shot, we had to stay at the hospital for 3 hours so the doctors could monitor him. We finally made it home at about 6:30 this morning....just in time for the other kids to wake-up! Eric went into work a little late so that I could get an hour of sleep. Needless to say, I am one tired mom today. But, most importantly, Brennan is feeling better and hasn't had a fever, coughed or wheezed all day....I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way! And even when he's not feeling well, he's still REALLY cute!