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cold ended up being CROUP
CesEve99
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just wanted to update you guys on mady and her cold.
her very runny nose that started saturday, ended up being a low fever by sunday evening. she was coughing a bit those two days so i figured that by monday morning i would miss work and take her to her pedi.
at 2am (monday) i woke up to her wheezing. I figured it was the mucus in her nose that was now probably running down her throat, so i aspirated her nose, boiled some vapor rub and tried to soothe her. that didnt work. so i turned on the hot shower and tried to sit in the bathroom with her so the steam could relieve her nose. that didnt work either.
the wheezing got worse and now she had a barking seal cough and at some points it was hard for her to catch her breath and actually breathe. her crying wasnt helping either since it was actually stressing her out too.
i ended up calling the pedi by 4am...and the 1st thing the pedi told me is "i can hear her, she's having trouble breathing, take her to the ER asap"......if that doesn't freak you out i dont know what does. we took her, grabbed like 4 diapers and ran out the door.
we arrived at 4:30am at the ER (memorial west pediatrics er) and by 5am she was already diagnosed with croup.
for those of you not aware of what croup is here is a site i found to help explain it to those of you:
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-croup.htm
they kept us in ER for about 6 hours, they put her on steroids to relieve the swelling in her throat for the airways to open up, gave her some respiratory treatment, and ofcourse set up a cool mist humidifier for her. they sent us home on a 2 day treatment of the steroids and to just keep her near a cool mist humidifier until the croup goes away. (it usually lasts 5-7 days). she now still has a hoarse cough, though its getting better....and has lost her voice also. shes doing much better though and is recently gaining her strength and appetite back!
i cant begin to tell you how scary this whole ordeal was, to hear your child struggle to breathe is the worst ever. just wanted to educate you guys on croup and make you aware of it in case one day (god forbid) it happens to you.
ps. the baby vicks vapor rub irritated her so becareful with that.
her very runny nose that started saturday, ended up being a low fever by sunday evening. she was coughing a bit those two days so i figured that by monday morning i would miss work and take her to her pedi.
at 2am (monday) i woke up to her wheezing. I figured it was the mucus in her nose that was now probably running down her throat, so i aspirated her nose, boiled some vapor rub and tried to soothe her. that didnt work. so i turned on the hot shower and tried to sit in the bathroom with her so the steam could relieve her nose. that didnt work either.
the wheezing got worse and now she had a barking seal cough and at some points it was hard for her to catch her breath and actually breathe. her crying wasnt helping either since it was actually stressing her out too.
i ended up calling the pedi by 4am...and the 1st thing the pedi told me is "i can hear her, she's having trouble breathing, take her to the ER asap"......if that doesn't freak you out i dont know what does. we took her, grabbed like 4 diapers and ran out the door.
we arrived at 4:30am at the ER (memorial west pediatrics er) and by 5am she was already diagnosed with croup.
for those of you not aware of what croup is here is a site i found to help explain it to those of you:
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-croup.htm
they kept us in ER for about 6 hours, they put her on steroids to relieve the swelling in her throat for the airways to open up, gave her some respiratory treatment, and ofcourse set up a cool mist humidifier for her. they sent us home on a 2 day treatment of the steroids and to just keep her near a cool mist humidifier until the croup goes away. (it usually lasts 5-7 days). she now still has a hoarse cough, though its getting better....and has lost her voice also. shes doing much better though and is recently gaining her strength and appetite back!
i cant begin to tell you how scary this whole ordeal was, to hear your child struggle to breathe is the worst ever. just wanted to educate you guys on croup and make you aware of it in case one day (god forbid) it happens to you.
ps. the baby vicks vapor rub irritated her so becareful with that.
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Re: cold ended up being CROUP
I'm so sorry you had to go through that!!! totally sucks
glad to hear she's doing better already. it's always scary when little ones get sick. expecially before the 1st birthday.
Hope she feels better soon
XOXO