A bout with croup

The weekend after Labor Day, our friends the Bowe's came over for dinner. It was so nice to catch up with them and for Liv to play with their girls. We all had a great night and Duane's dinner was ah-mazing! Smoked chicken, baked beans, coleslaw and fries. Sarah made a homemade apple pie and even brought carmel ice cream! After all that food, I was so looking forward to going to bed.... Famous last words.

Liv stumbled into our room around midnight but I was able to get her back to bed. Around 1am, she started crying again so I checked on her. She said she needed to potty so we went into the bathroom. While she was going, she coughed a couple times and I was immediately on alert after hearing her cough. Shortly after she laid back down, she started crying again so I checked on her. Her breathing sounded really labored and she was coughing "the cough." I woke up Duane and had him sit with her while I called our doctor's after hours line. We all sat in the bathroom with the shower on high and the steam helped Liv's breathing. It was scary but thankfully we didn't have to run her into the ER or anything!

Here are a couple pictures from last week.

Last Saturday Duane dressed Liv....hence the jersey.

Since we were up until the wee hours with croup, Liv missed a friend's birthday party. Thankfully they still gave her a goodie bag and she loved the tattoos! She another one on the other arm.