Follow-Up

Ryan is fine. His cough is minimal now. I was told to take him in for a follow-up appointment with his pediatrician Tuesday, so I did. He checked him over and said that his lungs and throat and ears were clear and great. He shouldn't develop any complications or issues from the Croup. The pediatrician said that the breathing treatments are specifically for the lungs, but that Croup is really all in the throat. It swells up below the vocal chords and you get the barking cough. He told me that it was really the shot that helped Ryan, and not the breathing treatments. He also said that he was really surprised that the Walk-in Clinic didn't have the shot on hand. It is the kind of medicine that they (his office AND the clinic) always keep stocked and will reorder when it starts getting low. He told me that if it happens again, I should go to a different clinic because it is highly likely that they will have it on hand. Unfortunately, croup often is at it's worst at night when the clinics are closed so the ER is the only choice. That is pretty much the situation we were in. Anyhow, he's fine now... but I still hate the Croup.