Rain Rain Go Away......

What crazy weather we have been having in Central Illinois lately!! I think there have been three tornadoes in the last week.  The only damage we have had at our house is part of the fence in the backyard blew over.  No real damage at all.  Luckily, none of our family back home had any damage either.  Since the weather has been crazy, its almost expected to have illness to go along with it.

Nolan had his first illness this week.  Tuesday night he started to become really congested, but he has done this before so we ran the humidifier.  Wednesday morning his breathing had become raspy and when he coughed it sounded like a seal barking, so I made an appointment with the pediatrician.  The pediatrician diagnosed Nolan with having Croup, NOT Gout as Bill told some people.  HAHA Daddy was a little bit confused.  Needless to say, Nolan was one sick little boy all week and we didn't see any improvement until today.  We did several steam baths a day and ran the humidifier all day, so much in fact, I think Bill and I lost five pounds each.

Nolan seems to be feeling a little like his old self today.  I took some pictures of Nolan's first illness.  Poor little guy, red eyes, stuffy nose, coughing, and diarrhea.  Mommy about had a nervous breakdown!!