Current status

[ailbhe]

All five of us are at home in our own house together. Rob is about to nap, Astrid is napping (gave her more steroids about 20-30 minutes ago) and I'm the adult in charge.

I no longer feel confident that we are home to stay though. I'm basically prepping for another trip to hospital, and thinking when not if.

Comments

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I haven't had my laptop on for a few days, so have just read all your entries. I hope Astrid is feeling a lot better now x

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Have just caught up - what an exhausting and worrying time! I hope Astrid is feeling better soon.

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

At the risk of suggesting something you've either adopted or ruled out as inappropriate long since, are you using or have you considered a humidifier? It seemed to help C quite dramatically when he had croup.

(No need to reply, since I'll assume there's at least a 99% chance that you've explored this route in fact!)

[ailbhe]

Unfortunately, croup isn't really the problem, it's massively enlarged tonsils blocking her airway. The croup was just a confounding factor misleading everyone; she does have croup but it's very very mild really.

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

Ah. Poor thing, hope she feels better soon!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed that everyone gets to stay in the house, and finish their naps, and so on... It all sounds horribly stressful and sleep-free, so I hope things even out soon.

[barakta]

I hope this is the last time you have to do the yoyoing but I think psyching selves up for more hospital is a sensible and wise thing.

Argh, so stressful, poor Astrid and poor family having all that going on. I send her wellness wishes and hope you have all the support you can want or need.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I think being prepared is a good idea. But I hope you don't have to go tonight.

[ailbhe]

We did :(

Re:

[k425.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, bum. I would be asking to stay in until she's better, in your shoes (but that's from the viewpoint of my own shoes, which are occupied by a mother-of-one, not a mother-of-three).

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

There comes a point at which I wonder why they didn't just keep her in until she was over the worst of it properly.

[ailbhe]

No symptoms while in hospital; it's why we took the video.