Bad cough. WWYD?

hlc820 · August 2012

I'm assuming most know my pediatrician incident from Friday. Lucas was sick but just fever and runny nose and minimal cough. His boogies were clear. His cough is now very wet and seems more in his chest. He nurses but has to keep unlatching due to stuffed nose. He also coughs and it's very productive I think. He also has little "voice". He hasn't had fever in 24 hours. He is otherwise surprisingly happy and playing. Do I wait it out! To to ER since clearly I am NOT calling my doctor? WWYD?

lckcdc3 · August 2012

Poor guy. I was going to type a sad face but you know how that goes with my phone! Bump butt heads.

Anywho. There isn't much they can do for yucky green nose. And not much for a cough either. That is unless it's in his lungs. Have you heard any wheezing? F had a really yucky productive cough for a week a few months ago. I took him in and they said his lungs were clear and couldn't do anything. A week later he still had the cough and got a fever. I took him in and he had an ear infection and yucky lungs. He required a home nebulizer for 2x a day breathing treatments, antibiotic for his ear infection. And then 2 days later when his lungs didn't sound better they started him on steroids. It sucked!!

I never heard any kind of wheezing and I probably wouldn't had taken him back but he got that fever. I'd rather be overly paranoid any day. However unless he is wheezing or having trouble breathing or a really high fever I wouldn't take to the ER. But what about a walk in clinic? I go to walk in clinics for myself all the time. It's nice and a hell of a lot cheaper than an ER. And obviously better than your pedi! GL. I hope little man feels better soon!

lckcdc3 · August 2012

Oh and I forgot to add. Do you have a NoseFrida? It will REALLY help him. Especially before nursing. Check one out if you don't have one. They are wonderful. Lucas will hate it but he'll feel so much better after.

hlc820 · August 2012

lckcdc3:
Oh and I forgot to add. Do you have a NoseFrida? It will REALLY help him. Especially before nursing. Check one out if you don't have one. They are wonderful. Lucas will hate it but he'll feel so much better after.

I love that thing. Lucas despises it. I've been using it often!!!

sportsmomma · August 2012

As long as he's not wheezing or having difficulty breathing there's probably not much they can do. That being said, DS had those symptoms about a month ago and they wound up having to treat the infection with antibiotics to get rid of the cough.

Who answers the after hours line? If its nurses or someone other than the doctor you could try that.

iluvmylab · August 2012

BlueCards:
As long as he's not wheezing or having difficulty breathing there's probably not much they can do. That being said, DS had those symptoms about a month ago and they wound up having to treat the infection with antibiotics to get rid of the cough. Who answers the after hours line? If its nurses or someone other than the doctor you could try that.

This is what they have always told me. I've had to bring LO in twice now after his cough got bad enough and he started wheezing. Now that we have the nebulizer at home, we can take care of it ourselves when he starts to wheeze.

Be careful with sucking out his nose. My doctor told me that if you do it too much, you can actuallly cause swelling inside his nasal passages and make the congestion even worse She suggested that I do it only twice a day, unless his nose was visibly runny and the mucus was coming out very easily.

I really hope he feels better soon. Andy has had something similar twice now and it sucks big time.

Tussie Mussie · August 2012

Use saline spray often! It really helps and will make your snot sucking more productive as well. As for the cough our doctor takes even a small cough very seriously. I would probably go to the ER, but our insurance would cover it so that plays a factor i suppose. We have an inhaler to use when her cough comes back now so we don't have to take her in, it really helps knock out the cough. It's Sunday though so unless it gets worse maybe you could just get an appt for Monday.

hlc820 · August 2012

Our insurance covers 100. He isn't wheezing anymore and I use tons of saline. I use the nosefrida only twice a day and only when he is dripping.

My dr answers the in call as the calls go to her cell. Weird, I know. I should say former dr.

I spoke to my friend whose dad is an ER doctor and told me he sounds ok. He said to watch for fever again and wheezing. Tomorrow I will begin the search for a new pedi! Thanks ladies.

twocents6708 · August 2012

DD has a runny nose and loose cough as well. My MIL is a pediatric nurse and listened to her last night. She said that the loose cough is a good thing even though it sounds awful. She said that it is something that can be managed at home with saline and sitting in steam as long as we are minus a fever, wheezing, or chest retractions.

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