To the editor:
Just read Lee-Rae Jordan-Oliver’s ”Dairy Farm Adventures” column entitled “Date night disaster.” First of all I better explain, why a guy from Illinois is writing this e-mail. My wife Amy grew up in Houlton. And her brother Jody Anderson of Hogan Tire there in Houlton has the Houlton Pioneer Times sent to us. So we’re faithful readers of your paper.
Anyway, as a parent of a child who had the croup many times. I know how scary the attacks can be. Next time Wyatt gets the croup — and he will get it again — take him into the bathroom, close the door and turn on the hot water in the bathtub. Hold your son while sitting in there while the room fills with steam from the running hot water. The steam will make him better very quickly.
This is not a cure for the croup, like you said, the virus has to run its course. But you and Wyatt will feel better. Our doctor told us to do this in the middle of the night many years ago, when we thought our son Paul was choking to death.
Rich Horejs
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
