Croup is ugly

Oye.
Not the way I wanted to start our weekend that's for sure.
Sydaleigh and Marvelly both woke up this morning with a slightly horse sounding cough.
Okay. No biggie. Not acting sick. Cough's and runny noses are just a thing around here.
(except the horse part-I was keeping my eye on that)
Nap time rolls around. Marvelly's tired, but fine. Sydaleigh seems to be getting worse.
Wake up from naps. Marvelly still seems fine. Sydaleigh is definitely not.
She walks downstairs crying-coughing like a seal, she is gasping for air, can't breathe, throws up, still can't breathe, throws up some more, gasping for air, finally calms down and is able to take some breaths.
(I was panicking on the inside just a little bit-it's not an easy thing watching your kid not be able to breathe)
So I left the puke on the floor-
Grabbed coats, shoes, bag, keys, both girls, and made a bee line for the emergency room.
They shoved a tube in Sydaleigh's nose, made her eat a dose of steroids, take a chest x-ray, to tell us that she contracted a nasty bout of croup.
And it's highly contagious.
And when we got home Marvelly had a fever too.
We have windows cracked, humidifiers blaring, tylenol in bellies to keep the fevers at bay, both girls elevated to breathe somewhat easier, and hopefully better feeling girls in the morning.
I pray.
I was really hoping we wouldn't get hit as hard this winter with sickness as we did last year.
At least last year we didn't get sick until after Christmas.
We haven't even made it to Thanksgiving yet.
Can only imagine what the rest of the season has in store.