Scary night

Sofia was under the weather. On Wednesday, she had an infection in both ears and also of the upper respiratory system. Early this morning around 3 a.m. she had an attack of croup. It is not the first time it's happened, but it is still scary and very stressful for both her and for us. We went in the bathroom and closed the door and ran the hot water to steam up the room, even though I saw or read something about that not really helping. The main thing is we tried to keep her calm. After about 25 minutes in there, we went out to the living room to try to keep her calm because she kept asking for the "doctors" to come and cure her. The "doctors" she was refering to were the paramedics who came the first time she had croup. We kept telling her they were on their way to keep her calm, and I turned on the t.v. and put it on The Disney Channel to distract her. She calmed down watching cartoons, and eventually fell asleep sometime around 4:30 a.m. She had a little bit of a cough to go along with her ear infection, so I stayed home with her. She woke up again before 7, and we watched a movie, played in her room, "read" a book, and seperated the junk mail from the stuff that has to be filed or shredded. All that by 11 a.m.

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Sofia estuvo un poquito enferma. El miercoles descubrimos que tenia una infeccion en los dos oidos y en las vias respiratorias. La lleve a el doctor el jueves y le dieron medicinas. Hoy como a las tres de la mañana le dio un ataque de laringitis infantil (croup). No es la primera vez que le da, pero aun asi es bien estresante para los tres. Nos metimos en el baño y prendimos el agua caliente para que el vapor la ayudara a respirar. Lo mas importante es tratar de calmarla. Nos quedamos en el baño como por 25 minutos y despues nos fuimos a la sala. Ella preguntaba por los doctores y pedia que vinieran a curarla. Los "doctores" son los paramedicos que vinieron la otra vez que le dio un ataque. Le dijimos que estaban en camino para que se calmara y le prendimos la tele y le pusimos comiquitas. Con eso se calmo mas y se quedo dormida como a eso de las 4:30 AM. En la mañana todavia tenia tos entonces Rudy se quedo con ella en la casa. Cuando desperto como a las 7, vieron una pelicula, jugaron en su cuarto, leyeron un libro y separaron el correo. Todo eso antes de el medio dia. Que productivos!