The new mom, 33, revealed onInstagramSaturday that her daughterNora Blanche, whom she welcomed with fiancéAlex Kavanaghin February, was sick and was taken to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with croup, “an upper airway infection that blocks breathing and comes with a bad cough.”
“Both ears were clear, RSV test came back negative, but she did have a sore throat. Around 9pm she started developing this really loud barking cough. By midnight, her breathing seemed slightly shallow but figured that was just the congestion building. At 2am she woke up gasping for air,” Murphy wrote. “By the time we were at check in, her breathing wasn’t as labored so my nerves calmed a bit. We got in a room and four doctors surrounded us trying to get a diagnosis.”
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The mom of one said the doctor eventually decided to admit them to the hospital at 8 a.m. Sunday after “breathing treatments and steroids.”
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On Sunday, Murphy shared that after “one night in the ER and another one in the hospital, we are home!!!!”
While the former reality star said she enjoys posting the “cute, smiley photos” she also wants to share the “challenging times in case it helps anyone else.”
“As a new mom, I had no clue what was happening at 2am early Saturday morning,” she added, going on to thank the hospital staff as well as her followers for their “well wishes and prayers.”
“Not one bed is open on the infant/toddler floor, and every single one is full for respiratory issues💔Stay safe out there, summertime sickness is upon us.#home,” she concluded the post.
“I find her so perfect that sometimes words fail me and I’m left in tears instead … like right now,” Murphy wrote. “Pure loveis being home with this little ball of joyon a snowy Valentine’s Day as a family of 3!”
source: people.com
