Hospital Stay for Big B

Last month Big B got the croup and was having such a hard time breathing that we ended up taking him to the hospital at midnight on Friday.  It was a hard decision to make because we didn't know if it was bad enough to warrant a trip to the ER.  Richard gave him a priesthood blessing and then we called the hospital nurse to ask her opinion.  As I talked to her on the phone she could hear him breathing and said to call the ambulance.  Instead, Richard and I jumped in the card and drove him to the ER.

They gave him steroids and nebulizer treatments in the ER and after 3 hours decided to admit him for another half a day to make sure he was doing ok.  We went home at around 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.  He did alright for a few days but then started having a hard time breathing again.  This time we went to the doctor's office for three hours while he had more nebulizer treatments and steroids shots.  That night he slept well and there were no other problems after that.  It was a pretty scary situation for our family, but Big B got through it and is all better now.