Yes, I'm still blogging about our trip to California. So, the last post was how much fun it was celebrating Lydia's b-day. That night, Lydia was starting to have a deep cough and there was one point in the night where she was struggling to breath and had a fever. We gave her Tylenol and she calmed down and went back to sleep. By morning, she was happily eating and sounded a little raspy but didn't struggle to breath. We decided to give our last day at Disneyland a go. Right as we got parked, Lydia woke up and was really struggling to breath. Her little chest was collapsing and her throat was caving in. I dropped off Benj with the other kids at the entrance and headed over to the Urgent Care Center. The Dr. sent me to the Emergency Room 10 min away because she was struggling so much to breath. When I got in there, they had us come right in because she sounded so bad and gave her a breathing treatment. They gave her steroids and did an x-ray on her throat. The x-ray confirmed that she had inflamation in the throat. It's a type of croup that's manifested in the throat instead of it normally being in the chest. We waited a few hours and she was not getting much better. The dr. said he only felt comfortable giving her 2 treatments and that she would need to be transferred to the Children's Hospital a few miles away. I was so worried about my little Lydia and couldn't believe this was happening. The ambulance came to pick up Lydia and I followed them in my car.
This was Lydia's home for the next day. Looks like a prison cell, eh? She sure acted like she was being imprisoned. We were in isolation so we couldn't leave the room, poor girl!
By the time, they let me leave to pick up Benj and the kids, Disneyland had been closed for hours and they were all exausted! Benj ended up sleeping with the other kids in the car at the hospital parking garage for the night. Luckily, Lydia slept very well that night and didn't need any treatments.
Unfortunately, the next morning I asked for another treatment because I thought it would be good for her to have one last one before we took off. Come to find out, they can't release you until 6 hours after their last treatment. So Benj went to Rich's to pack our stuff while I tried to keep the little monkey at bay. She was feeling good enough to crawl around and so she would make that alarm sensor go off nonstop. The nurses got sick of making sure she was ok so they brought in this high chair to keep from making it go off so much.
That lasted about 10 minutes : )
We were finally released around 5pm and I drove us all the way home. I was done with Cali for the time being! She has taken quite a liking to the little bear they gave her at the hospital.
Unfortunately, the next morning I asked for another treatment because I thought it would be good for her to have one last one before we took off. Come to find out, they can't release you until 6 hours after their last treatment. So Benj went to Rich's to pack our stuff while I tried to keep the little monkey at bay. She was feeling good enough to crawl around and so she would make that alarm sensor go off nonstop. The nurses got sick of making sure she was ok so they brought in this high chair to keep from making it go off so much.
That lasted about 10 minutes : )We were finally released around 5pm and I drove us all the way home. I was done with Cali for the time being! She has taken quite a liking to the little bear they gave her at the hospital.
I sure love this little girl and am so grateful to Heavenly Father that she's ok!
Oh my goodness Nat! What a scary time! I can't believe that you had to do this pretty much all by yourself! And poor Benji sleeping in the car with your kids! I am so glad that everything worked out ok and that Lydia is healthy! That Croup is scary stuff!
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