Lots of WEB MD when you are a Gigi!

Ok, I remember being a kid and being sick, not a lot, but yeah, getting colds and getting tummy aches.  I broke a few bones too, and went to the doc.  But, in the 10 months that I have been a full time Gigi, I have:  been to the ER three times, witnessed four stitches being put in, being taken out, and seen one episode of projectile vomiting that landed right into C's cereal bowl, which I must say, was quite impressive, if not disgusting.

We've had experience with:  RSV (yeah,  to all my non-kid friends, I had to look it up too), Hand, Foot and Mouth virus (I kept calling it Hoof and Mouth disease until I remembered B Boy does not have hooves), mysterious rashes, THE Croup, tummy bugs, and the obligatory running nose.  Oh, yes, there was also a tummy episode that resulted in a blackish, sticky type of vomit that I have never seen before, nor wish to see or smell again, and that was only topped off by a summer time diarrhea episode where I mistakenly gave the infected person a deep blue Popsicle the night before, resulting in a hideous blue liquid diaper that looked like cotton candy, which now you will probably never eat again -- you are welcome.

We had our 3rd ER trip over the weekend,  1:30am, why, oh why does it always take place over the weekend, in the middle of the night????  WHY? 

Turns out it was THE Croup, but, I have to say my first thought was it is THE Whopping Cough as they have done such a great job with THEIR PSA's.   The first thing I thought of was, "Oh God, it's THE Whopping Cough, and we haven't had our booster shots, and will B Boy get it too?  Oh God!!!! (Good job Whooping Cough Ad Council, you were first thing on my mind.)

So, we headed over to our friendly ER.  Which is brand spanking new and quite lovely.  (How did they know I was going to need them now more than ever???)

Doc took one look and said, "Gigi, it is THE Croup."  Don't you have the Internet so you could have looked this up, I'm sure he was thinking.  And yes I do --- that's where I read all about THE Whopping Cough.