our first trip to the er...

it was bound to happen at some point, but we definitely weren't quite ready for it early sunday morning. ethan had developed a slight fever (but no other symptoms) on Saturday and started to sound very congested on sunday morning. by sunday evening he had a really bad cough and was wheezing quite a bit. he wouldn't sleep - which is a huge deal for him since he basically sleeps through anything - so he stayed up with me until around 3AM. lance was able to put him down in his room for a little bit then, but stayed in there with him. ethan only slept for a very short time and then was up, so we decided to take him to the er then. luckily we got right in - no one was in the waiting room - and ethan did fairly well considering! he was diagnosed with croup and got a shot and then a breathing treatment to help clear him up. he HATED the breathing treatment, but his constant crying helped him get more into his lungs and he actually started sounding better by the time we got home. we were able to put him to bed and he slept until almost 9. it was definitely a scary night, but thankfully it turned out as well as can be expected and he is on the mend. hopefully we won't have to visit there again anytime soon!