Our "problem" child

Last week we had a horrible scare here. Hazel woke up Monday morning with a little bit of a scratchy throat and a really low fever. She acted like she just didn't feel good but nothing extreemly abnormal so we were just gonna wait the day out. By mid morning she start to sound like she was having a little difficulty breathing so I whipped out my Vick's Baby Rub and went to town on her feet at her lung reflexes. She napped and seemed much happier and found a new dress in her closet and was willing to dance around and pose for some oh so cute pics....

I had tried to get her in to the Dr's office and couldn't because it wasn't the Dr's day to be in that office and they couldn't get her or her PA to come down and see Hazel (grrr). But since she was in such a great mood I figured she was comming out of it. After Mike got home I started worrying because she was sleeping so much and her breathing became a bit labored again. For those of you who know, I am obsessed with my daughter's ability to breathe because of our stint in the NICU. All of those fears that I have been able to control started flooding back and I was worried that eventually I would have to sleep and could not watch her to make sure she was ok. That's when we decided to just go to the Hospital to be on the safe side......

Well after being life flighted to Miami Children's Hospital, 2 1/2 days in the PICU and the rest in a "regular room" we are finally home with the diagnosis of CROUP!! I am skeptical of course because Hazel has had croup before but they treated her for the croup and it worked so that's all that matters. It was truly a terrifying experience to watch Hazel deteriorate so quickly. He chest started to retract very deeply and then she just went limp for about 20 minutes. It's crazy though because this came on within 24hrs and 24hrs later she was eating and singing the theme sone to The Last Unicorn.

Thankfully Jakob was in wonderful hands between our church family and my mommy's group friends. They kept him entertained and he was able to spend the night at their houses for much anticipated sleepovers!! Hopefully this is the last hospital visit we will have for a long while, we are off to the allergist today to rule out any irritants.