Just call me Dr. Mom
My diagnosis of Bobbin was confirmed this morning by her pediatrician. Bobbin has croup. Man, had I only known I would become this virtual encyclopedia of medical information and diagnostic skills after having a child I... still would have opted to skip 3/4 of my 1st year biology class, settled for a C+ passing grade, and turned to Computer Science :-)
Atopic dermatitis
Bronchiolitis
Chronic otitis media
Croup
Enterovirus (hand, foot and mouth)
Hemangioma
Norovirus
Rotavirus
Ventrical septal defect
Ask me. I know 'em all and then some. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Transmission. Treatments. Complications. Procedures. Techniques.
Her ears checked out clean though - tubes still in place and looking good, and no signs of infection. That was my main concern. They gave her a dose of an oral steroid which should reduce the inflammation in her airway and ease her breathing which will get her over the worst of it which is this first 24 hours. Her barky cough will likely last for another few days but it's harmless, apart from waking her and I from sleep multiple times a night. She's otherwise fine; happy, active, energetic, eating & drinking normally, napping well during the day... I just hate when she gets sick because I'm always worried about her ears.
The doctor visit went relatively smoothly. She objected when her name was called, but relaxed after the nurse left the room. She got a bit upset again when the doctor came in but she was wearing her "Kitty Shirt" (Thank you Chris & Hannah! It fits perfectly now and is Bobbin's favourite sweater) and when the doctor asked what was on her shirt, she launched happily into an explanation that it was her "kitty shirt", nodding and pointing to her chest and smiling, and repeating "kitty shirt" over and over and over again.
She barely made a sound when the doctor listened to her breathing, and only squawked once when the doctor checked her ears.
Then it was "bye-bye" and she got to pick out a sticker for being such a good girl (she's partial to spiderman these days; all her little friends - most of which are boys, there only being a couple of girls in her class - wear spiderman sweaters and t-shirts) so she picked "Pie-dah mahn" from the sticker choices presented to her, and off we went to school.
Later in the afternoon when we got home I asked her to tell Daddy what happened at the doctor. She thought about it a moment, and then pointed to her chest and said "Beethe", and then pointed to each ear and said "Eah. Two." and nodded very matter of factly. When I asked what sticker she got afterwards for being so good at the doctors, she excitedly exclaimed "Pie-dah mahn!"
And that was that :-)
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