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Scary experience last night! Anton had fallen asleep at his regular time but been tossing and turning a little bit... At 10 he "woke up", a bit confused, half asleep still in a dream but with a terrible sounding cough and very wheezy breath. Thought it was strange that he'd gotten a sore throat so quickly, since he's been unusually cold free for the last couple of days.
It very quickly became clear he couldn't catch his breath properly so I called 112 (emergency no.) and they sent an ambulance. His colour was still good so no need for panic but it was scary enough... Stephen went with A to the hospital.
He called me after about an hour to let me know that Anton apparently has croup.

The thought crossed my mind when we were waiting for the ambulance...had in the back of my mind that "croup-cough" sounds like a barking seal and that's a very good description of the noise Anton was making just trying to breathe. I just thought that croup was something very young children get...that Anton was too "big" for croup - I guess not.

Glad it wasn't anything worse.
Felt terrible sending my little man off in the ambulance! :( He himself thought is was quite exciting to go in the "polisbil" (police car) :) and then that Vaari (my dad) came to drive them home again was also great. :)

Anton slept fine though the rest of the night and had a slight fever this morning. Still sounds a bit hoarse and has more "flu"-like symptoms...tired and feeling a bit sore all over. At least this is something I'm familiar with...last night I wasn't.