Whooping Cough

My sweet little boy has Whooping Cough. It's a terrible, no good, very bad disease. But he's a trooper. After being pricked and prodded, hooked up to monitors, and coughing up his lungs, he still has a smile on his face. It's hard to believe a baby can be this happy after all of that.

Before I took Sam into the doctor, I was prompted to catch one of his coughing spells on video. I'm really glad I did, and I would recommend that to any parent who has a kid with a cough. It helped the doctor a lot to see him action.

Anyway, I thought I'd post that video on here so you guys can see what it looks/ sounds like. The video begins after his initial coughing spell as he stops breathing. It was hard to keep video taping him as he stopped breathing, but I knew it would be a good thing to have on tape. (He's very sleepy during the cough because it was in the middle of his nap.)

The deeper cough toward the end is the more dominant one during his coughing spells. It's the saddest thing in the world to watch Sam go through this and know there is nothing to do about it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. We're hoping for good things in the future. I love that little boy.