Hello Doctor......

Griffin saw Dr. Sponenberg this afternoon. His allergies have been bad lately (pollen count today was 4,349--everyone is miserable) but I knew his barking cough that woke me out of a dead sleep last night was something more. He has viral croup again....see this post. I wasn't sure if he was going to catch his breath in between all the coughing and wheezing around 2 am. Of course Drew has been gone, but thankfully, he got home from Chicago this evening. Crossing my fingers that Griffin sleeps well tonight, although the oral steroid he was prescribed could take 12 hours to begin working. 

One positive thing about our first doctor's visit in 4 months (a record length for Mr. Griffin, by the way) is that he got officially measured:

Height: 35 1/2 inches

Weight: 27lbs 8 oz

That = +2 in both length and width since January.....wow!!

Also, great news on the ear front.....they both looked good, and the left tube is still in. Stay with us little tube!

This is our croup face....

Griffin has been 24+ hours without puking, we should be super excited.....instead we have moved on to bigger and louder things, like croup. He woke us up at 4am barking like a seal and making quite a bit of noise trying to breathe with a snot filled nose. It was probably the scariest night we've had with him since birth, and also the first time we took turns with him sleeping on our chests. Griffin started the steroid medication prescribed by Dr. McDreamy, who promised it "won't make him the hulk" and we are hoping things get better soon. 


Try and get him down illness......he laughs at you.