Abrupt

Vacation in Alaska ended abruptly on Monday after the decision to take little Carter home. For the past week, my little man has not been able to breathe when he falls asleep. I would stay up with him all night holding his tiny body as he would work so hard for a breath. We went and saw a doctor in Soldotna, who was stumped by Carter, but finally decided that maybe he just had some nasal congestion. With all the problems Carter has with his airway, this could be the likely cause of him not being able to breathe. So we went back to the cabin with a decongestant and hoped for a good nights rest. He slept for about 3 hours that night, and then the next day he was able to take all his naps, followed by a good nights rest. And then it started all over again...
On Sunday night, Carter was just exhausted, and it was obvious he was not going to get over this easily. I was afraid we were going to end up in the hospital with him, away from Tim, and the doctors he really needs to see. So I changed my plane ticket and got on the next available flight. Tim spent all day Monday on the phone trying to get him into the ENT, with no luck. Carter and I arrived back to Salt Lake City around 9:30 last night. He was so good on the plane, all he wanted to do was sleep, but was unable to. Poor little man. Last night he got about 2 hours of sleep.
I spent all morning on the phone trying to get some help for him. I finally got him into a pediatrician this afternoon. She collaborated with the ENT, and after neck X-Rays, she decided that he could possibly have croup. She gave him an injection of a steroid, sent us home with a pulse ox, and strict instructions for tonight. If Carter does any retraction breathing tonight, we are going straight to the ER. As I am writing this, Carter is asleep in his bed, sleeping wonderfully. Lets hope the rest of the night is this good and we get to wake up in our own beds.
If we don't have to go to the ER tonight, we will be seeing Dr.Muntz at Primary Children's on Thursday. Please pray for my little man, he has his mommy worried sick. Not only am I going on a few hours sleep for the past week, but my heart really hurts to see him struggling.
Pictures and the run down of Alaska will have to wait till another and better day. God Bless!!!