I spent a significant portion of Thursday night up with Babs, willing her to breathe normally, or at least normally enough so that I didn't feel like taking her to the ER. She had that nasty croup-y cough that keeps parents up at night (literally). And, I took one for the team, letting my husband sleep so he could function at work the next day.One of the most disconcerting parts of the night was that every time I walked past Kiddo's room, her breathing sounded bad too, worrying me that they would both be sick the next day. And, they were! We hunkered down Friday, and didn't do much except visit the doctor for a diagnosis of ear infection for Babs and an encouragement to give her some steroids for her airways that night.
We are officially on the mend now, with Kiddo never having got too bad, and Babs definitely feeling better. There is still some coughing and nose oozing though. After giving our talks today in Sacrament Meeting, we all came straight home from church for some much needed rest. Hopefully tomorrow we'll all be back to our regular routine of work, preschool, unpacking, and playing. (But don't be fooled, that all important playing never stopped.)
