Our First Trip to the ER and Reassurance-*Updated with pictures

The only thing worse than being that being that sick is my child being that sick! :(  I tried so hard to be proactive, to no avail.  Thursday he coughed and sneezed and I immediately called the doctor and told them what we were exposed to and how bad I felt.  They said if he got raspy, bring him in.  He was a little raspy all weekend, but the junky cough was extra bad Monday and so I took him in.  They said no fever so no secondary infection.  Call us if he gets a fever.  He took a nap and woke up all pink cheeked and sad, so I called.  They said, just call us if he can't breathe.  Seriously?!  Argh!  So last night he went down a little late, at 8pm because he had two long naps instead of one.  Thirty minutes later he wakes up crying, then coughing, then choking, then gasping!  On his own phlegm!  He sounded like he was swimming in it!  I flew into the room and brought him into the light and put him upright and smacking his back and he threw up buckets of mucus!  Poor guy!  He did a few more gaspy noises that confirmed that I was getting no sleep until he got checked out, so off to the hospital we went.  I didn't think twice since we are talking breathing here-not to mention he was hot and lethargic!  He started to perk up on the drive over, so that made me feel better.  His chest x-ray was clear, but he had a fever despite motr.in, he'd developed an ear infection since that afternoon, and they gave him a breathing treatment.  I was so glad they could do something to help him breathe better.  Of course, I slept with the monitor on the highest setting!  He is still miserable today, crying sadly, etc.  I would gladly be sick all over again instead of him!

On a completely unrelated note, a friend sent to me a nice reflection I wanted to share. 
1 Peter 3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil.
She saw this as a powerful testimony for NFP and not doing the culturally accepted IUI/IVF.  I hadn't thought of it in this light.  She wrote to me, "It is amazing to me how God gives us reassurance along the way. I know that we're seeking to do good and God's will, and that is enough."  May you also find reassurance in those words?  I hope so!