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Just thought I would post a quick update for any of you who knew that we were in the ER with BOTH girls today! We are back home and doing much better (well kinda…at least we are home!)

For anyone who is saying “WHAT???”, I will give you a quick run-down! As is the case when something like this happens (at least in our family), Scott was out of town and spending the night in Dallas when all of this started. When Scott is traveling it is our tradition that Hadley gets a girl night with mommy after sissy goes to bed and she gets to have a slumber party in our room. Thank goodness that was the case last night! At 4:00 a.m. she woke up gasping for air completely out of the blue. She could not get a breath at all. I was terrified and for the first time in my life was going to dial 911, but I just knew it would scare her to death if the ambulance came (Hadley is already terrified of doctors and getting her to even take medicine is a knock down drag out battle EVERY TIME!) I thought maybe if I calmed her down she could get enough breath to stabilize and I could drive her to Children’s Mercy, an excellent children’s hospital here in town. I called my Mom and Jon and they came down right away. I also called Children’s Mercy and they said it might help her to breathe cold air, but at this point her lips were blue so they said I needed to hang up and dial 911. I decided to take her down to the freezer and give it a shot and THANKFULLY within 30 seconds it began to do the trick. Her breathing stabilized and my mom and I took her to Children’s Mercy while Jon stayed with sleeping Seville. Now to back track Hadley had been feeling a bit under the weather the past few days, but nothing compared to Seville who I had already taken into the doctor on Friday and Tuesday mornings for breathing issues (both times they sent me home saying that it was just a viral infection and would have to run its course!) Luckily when we got to Children’s Mercy it was not busy and they got Hadley in right away. They determined that she had Croup (which is caused by a viral infection) and would need steroids and a breathing treatment. The breathing treatment is a pretty serious one I guess because they have to keep you there for two hours under observation and then evaluate if you need another treatment. Hadley fought the nurses, but luckily the treatments worked wonders on her and she sounded great after the two hour observation. About that time Scott arrived at the hospital (he took the 6:00 a.m. flight home from Dallas) and Jon arrived up at the hospital with Seville. I asked if they could go ahead and listen to her and whether she needed to be admitted too…SHE DID! So, they checked her in and then started the same treatment plan. She did not respond nearly as well, but they still let us go home, which I am grateful for since if you require a second round of the breathing treatment you have to be admitted (to the hospital vs. ER) for the full day/night! Seville was a bear to keep in that ER room and I didn’t want to do it for any longer than we had to. Hadley was discharged first and went home to play/rest with Grandma Sue Sue and Grandpa Jim while Scott and I stayed with Seville. We all finally got home this afternoon…mentally and physically drained! The rest of the day has still been a struggle, but both girls are resting fine now! We hope they recover fully soon! According to Children’s Mercy they have not seen two children in the same house with croup at the same time because it isn’t contagious, but leave it to the Skinners to pull that one off!

I also want to update everyone on my b-day (which was AWESOME), but I just haven’t had a chance, and our family computer is not working, which is the one all of our pics are on. I promise to try again later this week or weekend! Have a great and healthy week!