Croup

Ava has been coughing and sneezing quite a bit lately, particularly coughing. And it is a barky cough. While we were at Grandma and Grandpa Wharton's for Christmas, she did not sleep well. In fact, she wouldn't sleep anywhere during the night except on either Kim or my chests. Needless to say, we didn't get a lot of sleep in the few days we were in Omaha. That's ok though, its expected, and didn't keep us from having a good time while there.

However, when we got home, we took Ava to the doctor, and he diagnosed her with a mild case of the croup. He said there isn't much that can be done to cure it, it just has to run its course (its a cold, so it is a virus). He did prescribe some steroids to help with the inflamation in her throat, and she seems to be feeling much better today (3 days later). She is eating much more now, and isn't as fussy. Well, except today, she has been pretty grumpy, and refuses to sleep. I put her to sleep at about 8pm tonight (she was asleep when I left the room), and as of now (9:40pm) I believe she is awake. Evidently she woke up at about 8:30ish when Kim went to bed and has been up since. We had her on a pretty good schedule, but have not been following it since she has been sick. So in the next few days we need to get her back on her schedule so she will start sleeping through the night again and won't be difficult for Missy (her daycare provider) next week.