It is crazy how some bad things in life can show you how the small things in your life are such a huge blessing. A couple days ago I was reading the article called, “Why Children get Sicker at Nighttime” in my Parenting Magazine. I thought this would be an interesting article because I have found that to be very true with Payton. Anyways as I was reading the article it was talking about Croup and why it is worse at night and what to do to treat it. I found this to be an interesting topic since I had spent the night in the ER last year with Payton and how scary the whole thing was for me, Jonathon and Payton.
A couple nights later Payton woke herself to a horrible cough that I had only heard one time before and that was when she had croup. She was scared and having the hardiest time breathing. While I was holding her and trying to comfort her I was getting a plan together of which ER I would take her to and whether or not to leave Jonathon and Britton behind. Jonathon and I were thinking of what was the best thing to do and I remembered reading that article in the magazine and decided to look at it again. I read the article and it said the way to treat croup (if it has not gotten to serious) was to take the child into a hot steaming bathroom for 15 minutes then take them outside in the cold air for 5 minutes with a dose of Motrin. Jonathon and I did this with her and it really did make things better. She was such a trooper through the whole process. I felt so bad for her though because one time she threw up on me and said "I sorry... all better". I just held her and told her it was going to be okay. We put her back to sleep and the next morning she was a little sick with a cold but definitely a lot better than what she was.
It was such a huge blessing to Jonathon and I that I had read that article and was able to take care of the croup with out the need of another 5 hours in the ER and having to scare Payton even more than she was. The little things in life can bring huge blessings.
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