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After surviving the flu, last Thursday Cooper was running fever and throwing up. He had an ear infection and was put on antibiotics. Friday, Chloe woke from a nap with fever and Todd headed back up to the doctor's office. They said hers was possibly from the teething or something viral, no sign of infection. Yesterday, Cooper's cough began to sound like a seal and he was wheezing pretty badly. He was really having a hard time breathing especially during the coughing attacks. We were advised by our pediatrician to take him to the ER. At this point, Chloe was back to her normal self. Turns out Cooper has the croup, which is viral and the only thing we can do for him is give him breathing treatments every 4 hours, let him sit in the bathroom with the hot steamy shower running, use a humidifier, etc. They did x-ray his lungs and there were markings on them (whatever that means) but no sign of infection yet. The doctor said to to come back in if it gets worse because it could possibly lead to pneumonia. We definitely had to get up every 4 hours or so with him to give him treatments. His is still struggling a bit to breath and what worries me is that it's more consistent than yesterday and not just during his coughing attacks. But, right now he's breathing hard while smiling and playing with toys in the floor. So, he's not as fussy as I would expect him to be. Now Chloe, she woke up in the middle of the night with the same seal like cough. She is definitely getting it and has the beginning stages. She is having the coughing attacks which upsets her greatly. She isn't doing the heavy breathing in between attacks yet. The doctor did say that it was very possible that she would get it too. All of this is definitely reminding Todd of their days when they had to take Maddie to the hospital. He knew before the pediatrician told me that we would be spending the day in the ER. He knew the right questions to ask for sure. Oh, in the midst of all this...Cooper has one top tooth and one bottom tooth that has cut through! Chloe also has one on the bottom and her top gums are really white and puffy. It's funny how they both have stayed on the same time frame with almost everything. And, one more incredible story...while in the front waiting room at the E.R. yesterday we witnessed a woman have her baby in her car! Her husband made it to the front drive, ran into the building and yelled, "My wife is in labor!" and everyone went running. We heard the very-soon-to-be-mommy cry out a bit and then minutes later a baby was being brought out from the car! We watched the mom and baby be wheeled through the waiting room. Incredible! It seems that everyone was fine and all the nurses involved were smiling. Prayers for healing the Cummings family are greatly appreciated. Todd also has been sick but unfortunately he is pushing through it to take care of the babies. We think his is sinus related. He hasn't had a voice for a few days now. So far so good with me. One thing to celebrate though...I almost forgot...both babies are crawling all over the place! We had to move our coffee table out of the living room b/c Cooper was trying to climb on it. Now, the room has been cleared and the babies have taken over.