A different kind of cold

Around Christmas we spent quite a bit of time with Finn, our grand-son and we suspect that this little guy passed us his Croup (also known as laryngotracheobronchitis.) This respiratory infection that leads to swelling inside the throat, begins by severe throat aches at night that interfere with normal breathing and then evolves into a “barking” cough and hoarseness that also peak at night.

It's said to last well over one week. This condition generally affects children and is almost never seen in adults, but we got it pretty well which may say some very encouraging things about our real age!