Poor Little Lincoln

Last Thursday we went to an allergist for Palmer and Lincoln to see why they get such horrible coughs in the winter time. It actually didn't shed a whole lot of light on it, but we did find out that Lincoln is allergic to grass (but as there is no grass in the winter, we are still baffled about these horrible winter coughs). This is strange since I haven't ever noticed anything different when he is around grass.

Last night around 4:00 am Lincoln woke up struggling to breath with a croupy cough. It baffled Josh and me as he hasn't even been sick! I was honestly so scared. We have heard over and over that he might have asthma. I have asthma so I was so much more worried when he was struggling. He kept saying "I have a wall in my throat". We did everything we could think of to get him breathing again, nebulizer, albuterol inhaler, humidifier, steamy bath, took him outside in the cold air and last but not least we have a prescription for an steroid since this isn't the first time that Lincoln has struggled breathing. Luckily this time (3 hours later) these things all worked and he began breathing again but is still struggling. I am so sad that Lincoln has to go through all of this. He was being so cute through the whole thing, finding stars for us while we were outside. I really hope he grows out of it because it isn't fun.