Jonah visits the hospital at midnight

Jonah had his first middle of the night rush to the hospital! Don’t get too worried, it turned out alright. I was awoken by a raspy gasp and then silence…he stopped breathing for 10 seconds but then started again with some difficulty. So after taking him in the bathroom with the hot water running for a little bit, we decided it was safest to take him to the hospital to be sure, since he doesn’t have much room for error in those little lungs. Turns out he’s just got some upper respiratory junk, they call it croup. He got a breathing treatment, xrays (to check for pneumonia) and a steroid shot. The doctor made it sound like it’s not too big of a deal but that a lot of parents bring their kids in at night because that’s when it gets worse and it just sounds scary. But it only lasts 2-7 days. So we’re ok! But we did enjoy our little adventure and all the ER staff were impressed with little Jonah who smiled even in the midst of all of it.