Ugh. This past few days have been rotten. Really rotten. Im just about ready to pack it in, pack a bag and run away.

Jett was coughing and spluttering all weekend. Sounded like croup to me but the GP on Monday said he was fine. Ry had to take monday off because Stellan had tonsilitis and needed another GP checkup. That night (because we are in the middle of shifting my stuff to his place) he tripped on a randomly lying around toybox and is now on crutches with a suspected fractured foot and torn tendons/ligaments. So I spent tues ferrying him around from hosp to dr to physio. Then Tues night I heard what I thought was Jett struggling to breathe; I ran like a maniac into his room to find him sleeping just fine. Then I realised it was Ripley. That few seconds when I ran into his room were the worse in my life. He was flopping around on his bed trying to catch his breathe, trying to call for me but managing nothing but gasps................I picked him up, kept trying to calm him down and telling him to just breathe slowly while I screamed at Ry to call an ambulance. But the 000 operator told us it would be quicker to drive to hosp so I ran about every red light to get there. He had started to catch his breathe when we got there; waiting for 8min for triage to see us (DONT get me started on that when I made it clear to them he was lethargic and had been struggling to breathe) then he was put on ED paed ward. Turns out HE has croup; they gave him steroids and pain killers, he got a 40deg fever. We went home after a couple of hours when the steroids kicked in, he slept great that night but last night BOTH boys were gasping and choking in their sleep so Ry bunked in with Jett and Rip slept with me. He woke me up atleast twice gasping for breath and choking. I think its more than just croup because I have asthma and apparently croup can get worse in asthmatic kids, Rip came down so suddenly and severely. So now my aim is to get them well enough to go to daycare next week so I can start classes *sigh*

Honestly I must have a **** on me sign on my back

Hope everyone else is having a better week than I am; sorry for the selfish post.