Ethan in the ER

While I was at Loren & Deanna's last night, I got two voicemails from Karen letting me know that she was going to be taking Ethan to the emergency room because he couldn't breathe. When I called her back, she had E in the bathroom with the shower running so that the steam could help him breathe better.

At the hospital, the doctors had Ethan do two hour-long breathing treatments, gave him some sort of steroid (he's buff now!), took a chest x-ray, and did some blood work. The doctor came back to let Karen know that E had pneumonia. About fifteen minutes after she called to tell me this, the doctor returned to the room to let them know he had read the wrong x-ray!

It ended up that Ethan had the croup, but it was serious enough to keep him overnight for observation. They sent him home this morning with instructions to take it easy for three days, eat lots of ice cream, and try not to talk. I'm not sure how the not-talking thing is going to work...he is my son after all!

Obviously I felt frustrated being so far away from home and not being able to help Karen and comfort Ethan. I think I was more worried than she was during the whole incident. I've said it before, but I'll say it again...my wife is an awesome woman!

I can't wait to get home tonight to give her a break from taking care of the kids. She definitely needs and deserves it...