Carrie and I suspect that Owen has his first illness. We think he has gout. Wait, no, we think it's croup... yes, croup. You see the reason I got confused is because I thought that illnesses like gout and croup and whooping cough and bubonic plague were archaic illnesses that science had eradicated long ago. Shows what I know, but I'm sticking to my guns on bubonic plague. It just seems like these things don't fit into life 2.0. Well, they do (at least some of them) and Owen's symptoms fit the bill for gout... jebus, croup. From what we've found, it seems like it's mild so far but we're going to keep an eye on him over the next couple of days to make sure he's okay. It doesn't seem to be bothering him too much, but he coughs and it sounds like a seal barking. It makes you sad to hear it, then he gives you a look (see above) and you just wish you could make him better. We don't want to approach this with a cavalier attitude, but we think he's just got a couple of days of not so much fun ahead of him and he'll be fine.
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Or he could have allergies. Run a hot shower, don't put him in it,but let him breath the steam in, that should help with the barky cough.
Love Great Aunt Maryann
In addition to what Maryann said, you can also get him somewhere w/ cool hair (that helps take the swelling of his vocal chords down). I know that will be tough in the hot summer hair, maybe open the freezer door for a little bit. :-) Or put some cool water in a bottle for him?
Poor little fellow...my dr says that it gets worse before it gets better. Kaitie had this in the fall. It was horible....hope the little man feels better soon.
Ah, the joys of being introduced to the other little petrie dishes.
Look on the bright side, he is building his immune system.
Later, Dad W
Aww...hope he feels better soon!
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