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On Monday, the 33-year-old shared onInstagramthat she brought daughterNora Blanche, whom she welcomed with fiancéAlex Kavanaghin February, back to the pediatrician as the 5-month-old’s “condition wasn’t exactly improving.”
Over the weekend, Murphy revealed that herdaughter was sickand 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.”
Nora returned home from the hospital Sunday and the new mom said Monday that she’d be “lying if said I didn’t think about jumping back in the car for a second dose of the ER in the middle of the night.”
“I saw every hour on the hour, and I finally dozed off around 6am when I felt confident in her breathing. We did another round of steroids, and we’re all hoping tonight is the turning point,” she wrote alongside a picture of her with her smiling daughter.
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“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.”
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.”
On Sunday, Murphy shared that after “one night in the ER and another one in the hospital, we are home!!!!”
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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.”
source: people.com
