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Croup?
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New week, another illness in my house! I hope this streak ends soon though.
DH heard C coughing last night that he described as sounding "weird". I heard it this morning when he woke and knew immediately that must be the barking cough I'd heard about. A quick visit to the pedi confirmed and we left with steroids. If you're LO had croup, how long did it take LO to start feeling better? Also, did LO run a temp (low or otherwise) with it? I gave him some Advil, but he was still a bit warm (99.3 on the Advil). At least he's fairly happy (though with bouts of unprompted tears during the day) and was able to fall asleep tonight. His coughing already sounds less like barking so guess the meds are kicking in.
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Re: Croup?
Awww poor guy! Croup sucks. :-(
The good news is that the steroids help A LOT and pretty darn fast. There is also something they can give orally in the office (I forget what its called, but it might actually be a steroid come to think of it) that works in a few hours.
Usually croup is a summer/fall illness for some reason, but now that its winter you get the benefit of the cold air outside. If he's coughing a lot, bundle him up in a blanket and go outside for a few minutes. The cold air opens up the airways and helps the cough die down -- its seriously like magic.
I hope he feels better soon! With the steroids, the cough should subside within a few hours.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
Indeed! I'm glad he's sleeping better!
My sister was a chronic croup-er as a baby/child and I have memories of my parents sitting outside in the cold with her. Random.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
yuck yuck yuck! So sorry he's not feeling well!
B is sick now too...high fever (like 103-104) and a barking cough, but doc said it was too early to tell if it was croup. His fever has gone down since Thursday am when he got sick, but his cough has gotten worse. It sounds kind of "barking" but not really too unusual. So I'm hoping it's not!
My little man at 0-1-2
Aw hope he feels better by the morning! I don't remember about the fever, but steroids work magically quick!!
My pedi told us about the cold air thing too- I guess if you can go from a hot steamy bathroom then out into the cold, that's the best. It "breaks" the croupy cough for some reason.
GL!!!
A had it last spring and it was a tough one on her. We ended up at the Children's hospital ER for steroids and breathing treatments, the next day she was just as bad off so we had to go back with her and spent the night. If I recall correctly it was a good week before she was well enough to go back to daycare and I back to work. I can't recall if that was the illness with the really high temps or if that was a different virus....they are starting to blend together.
Hope LO is better soon.
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