Damn Croup

So we are home now. Almost four hours at the hospital and I am going to drop. The doctor decided that Cavan needed steroids to open up his airways to help him breathe. So common and any other kid of mine it wouldn't have been a question. I explained to the doctor and the nurse about the keto diet. I told them that liquid meds contained a lot of carbohydrates and asked them if it was medically necessary for him to be getting it. The first doctor was a bit arrogant and had a huge "this is what needs to be done. This is what I need to give him." Okay great, but is it absolutely necessary? Because see, I have a kid who you give carbs to And he *could* break Into seizure overload. Like i said, he was arrogant and said, "I'll get the ER pediatrician in here." Perfect. She was awesome! She said she would really listen to him at first and assess whether or not he needed the treatment. Her response was "I have to give this to him. I can't have him walk away and go into respiratory distress. His airways are pretty closed up." And she was concerned. And so I listened and we came to a compromise that he would get the steroid but not in liquid form. He got it in the tablet form which has lower carbs. We syringed it to him with water and an hour later we took a very cracked up kid (from the steroid) home to sleep. Ha! I said sleep! He totally didn't sleep. We got home close to 5 AM. He's been sleeping on and off today. We went to Princeton Nassau Pediatrics for our follow up. Dr. Pellegrino decided it would be in cavans best interest for another dose of steroids. I agreed with him. He was still barking and wheezing. We are home now and i feel like he is already doing better. We are just watching him for seizure break throughs. Hoping tonight will be a quiet bark-free night (for ALL of our kids!) 

At the ER

So we've dealt with croup a zillion times. Maybe a trillion times. It's a bit different when you have a keto kid. You can't just run out into the car with your sick child and get to the hospital. No- it's more like do I have the meds? Yes. Do I have the syringes of oil? Yea. Do I have a keto friendly meal in case we are there more than four hours? Um..... I learned my lesson. Time to get my shit together. Calculating meals at 1:00 AM is not ideal. I also had to make sure to pack the list of can't haves when it comes to meds. But we are here. And we are waiting.