Last night at about 8:15, Chloe started screaming. Every breath was a literal ear-ringing scream and she would not be consoled, no matter what we tried. She had a runny nose but no fever, so we tried suctioning to no avail. We tried holding her, letting her lie alone, rocking her, walking with her, sitting still with her… nothing was changing her tone at all and we really started to get terrified that there was something wrong. We called all the necessary doctors, who told us we might need to go to the ER if we couldn’t find out what was wrong. And then, after about 45 minutes of incessant screaming, she was done.

Suddenly, abruptly, she was chatty and smiling and playful, running around and giggling. We put her down an hour later, relieved and optimistic that she’d beaten whatever had been troubling her.

At 10:50 we heard her screaming again. This time it was the same thing. She screamed intensely for 45 minutes and we were literally picking up my car keys and walking out the door to go to the ER when she stopped. We can’t figure out if it was massive waves of gas or something completely unconsidered. Maybe she’s just so exhausted from the last week of traveling she’s lost most of her immunities, maybe the negativity we’ve been dealing with has worn on her… whatever the case, we were terrified to say the least.

She woke up two more times during the night screaming but I was able to get her to settle down and go back to sleep within minutes, probably because she was so exhausted.

She woke up at 7:30 this morning as usual and has been runny-nosed and a little fussy but okay for the most part. To be honest, I have no idea what to expect or what I’m dealing with here.