St. Louis wedding photographer Nicole Welch

Poor little Aidan had a simple little cold – a runny nose + cough for just a day. I dropped him off at my mom’s house while I met several clients yesterday, and I came back to pick him up and he was wheezing and coughing up a storm. We brought him home and gave him a breathing treatment and put him to bed. It’s been nearly a year since he’s had any treatments or medications – that’s one of the lovely benefits of staying home with him versus sending him to daycare. There aren’t any little kids to catch colds from. Well Dan and I have joined a gym, and Aidan has started going to the gym while we workout, and I’m assuming he caught  a cold from one of the children there. Aidan’s colds quickly turn much worse because he has asthma.

At about 10 he woke up gasping for breath, crying and shaking. It was a mother’s worst nightmare. We quickly gave him another breathing treatment and took off for the ER. We were there several hours while they gave him some steroids, more breathing treatments and monitored him. We were an exhausted family when we arrived home at about 3 a.m.

This morning we refilled his prescription, and he seems to be doing pretty well. But it was a very scary night for all of us. He hasn’t had an episode like this since I was alone with him in Texas when he was about 7 weeks old and Dan was deployed. I was so glad to have him with me last night. So keep our little guy in your thoughts.

I know I owe several of you emails and phone calls, and I promise I’ll be taking care of all that later this evening. Plus, I’ll have little Kendall’s photos up, too.

Hope everyone had a great, safe weekend. Stay warm.