Croup questions

TwoChickens

IG sounds like she MAY have croup.

Her cough is wet but she sounds like a seal.  The dr said at one point that croup sounds like a bark but is it wet?

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sounds like a seal.  when dd wakes up with it (she did Sat) I know from the sound of her first cough.  not like a cold's cough, like a seal bark

TwoChickens

How is croup treated?

hmckeown

My kids are the king and queen of croup... I feel like it is never ending in this house.

We usually try to wait one day and see how they are doing with breathing. If I do not see that they are struggling, pulling at their ribs or collar bone area, and I do not hear a high pitch noise and they otherwise seem comfortable, I treat them with alternating a steamy bathroom and going outside in the cold.

With that said, If they are having alot of coughing fits or just seem really lethargic and having a hard time we always go to the Dr. 

There is a three day steriod that they get alot that helps to open the upper airway.

Croup is essentially a virus that settles from a cold in the larynx area, hence the barking sound, so I treat their cold symptoms and fever accordingly.

Hope your day gets better!

Grace was hospitlized last year for three days, trust your instincts.

Heather

TwoChickens

She's been really pissy and angry and fighting with her brother and she's been an all around mean child.  Idk if its because she feels bad or what...lol.

SMHWife

Last time DD had croup I took her to the pedi and she was put on a steroid for 2 days.

By the afternoon of the first day she was already 100 times better.