Thank gosh I'm on vacation because I need a break from the last 2 days!
Sunday we drove to Connecticut. Henry did well in the car ride. But his cough and congestion worsened and he was miserable all night. He was up from 11-2am and would not settle down. We brought our humidifier because we suspected just as much. Yesterday, we drove thru all this nasty rain and wind that the entire northeast is having. We bought baby Vicks rub for his chest and some saline nose spray. I'm amazed how well the spray works! His nose became runny immediately. I try to suck his nose out and continue to wipe it but he SCREAMS every time I do.
Anyone else's baby this upset about the nose area?
We checked into the hotel, went to dinner, and when we came back the hotel had lost power! A transformer blew and the entire town was out. The only lights were in the hallways, front lobby, and for some reason the pool area. Since the jets in the hot tub were off and it was cooled to a warm bath water temp, we just sat with Henry in there to help loosen his chest. Back in our room, we had to wash bottles to a flashlight the hotel had given us. We all went to bed early. He woke up several times because we believe he couldn't breathe well.
This morning we woke up to power, not sure when it came back on. There is lots of room for him to crawl, but then he wheezes so badly from all the exertion.
Is there ANYTHING else I can do for this kid? He hasn't had a fever though he is warm (we have motrin just in case). And he's eating just fine.
Right now he's trying to nap in his rocker chair bouncy seat (elevated) but he can't because he coughs so badly.
This may be no big deal and just a cold, but it's scary to me.
***UPDATE*** So we took Henry to the ER last night, lucky us they had an entire pediatric wing. His ears and nose looked good but they said his chest didn't sound well. They did a chest xray. Holy crap that was horrible! Ed and I had to pin him down. After the xray, they said his lungs looked pretty good. And said he must just have a virus. He had a breathing treatment (which he loved!) and sent us home 5 hrs later. They also gave us a baby inhaler (with that tube attached) and a prescription for a steroid. He was so exhausted (actually all three of us were) and fought us almost the entire time. Finally got to sleep close to midnight.
What is also a bummer is we can't go visit my grandmother yet. She leaves like 20 minutes away. Hopefully he'll start feeling alot better by the weekend. Gonna take him out today to the grocery store just to get some fresh air.
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