Cal and his croup....Part deux.

We thought we'd fought the croup battle this winter and won, but it came back with a vengeance last night.  Cal had a small cough all day, but it turned into a monster by midnight.  He woke up wheezing and coughing so badly that he began to hyperventilate.  The shower steam trick didn't work so I called the on-call doctor.  He heard Cal coughing in the background and told me to take him to the ER immediately.  Once we got there, our little guy starting vomiting and choking on it.  Once we got into a room, they gave him forced him to take a breathing treatment.  This entailed myself and two nurses holding him down while he screamed, "Mama, no!  All done!  Done!"  It was miserable to listen to, but the treatment worked its sweet magic instantaneously.  He was able to breath again.  Once he relaxed, he laid down on me and Mitch held the DVD player up so we could watch Nemo.  He was so relaxed and almost asleep when he started vomiting again.  He and I were covered in vomit and even Daddy caught a handful of puke at one point.  Finally the doctor came in and I was able to give him a steroid through an oral syringe medication.  THIS little beauty did the trick.  We finally got home around 3:30am and he went straight to sleep.  We had some rough moments today, but how can you blame him?!?  He was so tired and still doesn't feel 100%.  We're hoping that he sleeps soundly tonight.  Thank the Lord for the quick effect of medicine and the hardworking medical staff that took care of our baby boy last night.