So a little update. Last night Charlie started having a lot of trouble breathing. He woke up from a short nap not able to catch his breath. He sounded like he was gasping for air. So after a quick call to the doctor we raced to the ER. There they did a chest X-ray and found that his lungs were clear but he had croup, not viral croup but croup caused by his airway being irritated from the LMA tube and the gas from the anesthesia. So they gave him a steroid called Decadron to help open up his airway. The upside is the steroid should make him feel better overall because of it's anti-inflammatory properties but the downside is he can't have ibuprofen for 48 hours. While in the ER I asked for another pain medication to help him sleep better (at that point we were only getting 15-20 min naps) but he said the Hydrocordone (Vicodin with Tylenol) was a good pain killer for him.
So, we headed home around midnight and settled in for the night. I pulled out our bouncy seat and he seemed to sleep a little better in that. Throughout the night he slept for about an hour at a time and then would wake crying for a bit. We did this all night until about 8:00am. At that time he went downstairs and ate a little and played. It was the first time we got smiles out of him and he was content.
Since then he has been taking short naps every hour or so. In general though he is happy when he's awake which is the best improvement since yesterday. I'm still crossing my fingers for a long nap at some point today.
Thanks again everyone for your support. Here are some shots from yesterday.
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