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What do you think?

jlsweetsjlsweets member
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Sorry this may be long....

 Back Jan 5th my son came down with a horrible cold, runny nose, fever, heavy cough, etc. went to drs and they said it was just a bad cold- end of January comes and he still has the exact same symptoms, no improvements- went back to the drs and they said he had a sinus infection and a double ear infection- went on antibiotics- february comes and no improvement, same heavy heavy cough, constant snots, etc. mid February take him back to the dr. he has another ear infection and still bad cold- they put him on another round of antibiotics, zyrtec and nebulizer treatments- end of february still no improvement! back to drs for a follow up last week and I didn't get to see the dr i saw the NP who I dont really trust- she said that his ears were clear and that he just has a cold still and wrote ANOTHER antibiotic- which I didnt end up filling because 3 antibiotics in 2 months sounds crazy to me and obviously it isn't working! He keeps shaking his head back and forth like there is fluid in his ears, she said it didn't sound alarming to her and that he just has a cold and it's normal for babies to have colds this long- I stay at home so it's not like he is exposed to many germs or other kids/adults who have colds-

Now this morning he went in for his well visit and i was planning on talking to the dr about his cough/nose/cold that will never end and I got the same NP! She checks his one ear and goes hmm there is a lot of puss and fluid build up in there but I think hes fine since he isn't tugging on his ears (and I told her that any time he has an ear infection he doesn't tug on them) I expressed my concern about him having a consistent cough and congestion for nearly 3 months now and her response was that babies can have 12 colds in a year? She said its his way of building up his immune system and its fine that he has had a cold for 3 months now! I'm not one to be over concerned or a worry wort but this seems crazy to me...wish I saw the dr :(   He is a happy baby and the cold doesn't seem to bother him but it's just constant cough, runny nose, congestion

Anyone going through this? What would you do?

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  • jlsweetsjlsweets member
    They thought it might be allergies especially since I have horrible allergies and am on zyrtec year round..I'm also highly allergic to cats/dogs so no pets here...he has been on zyrtec for a month now with no improvements...I didn't think about the teeth,

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    All of my boys have what I call the winter crud! They have constant or on and off runny noses which leads to a cough for the whole winter. Especially with teething thrown in there which also causes runny noses in our house.

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    Yeah its never really clear- usually thick and yellow- however never has a fever...I feel like they think I am over-reacting but 3 months of this just doesn't seem normal to me! Ugh, guess I'll give it another week or 2 then call to see a DR</u

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  • hopefulmom81hopefulmom81 member

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    Yeah its never really clear- usually thick and yellow- however never has a fever...I feel like they think I am over-

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    DD had an ear infection and we went to the DR on 11/30 & 12/31 and went on antibiotics both times.  On 1/15 she was lathargic and had a bad cold and tugged on her ears so I took her back and was told that her ears were a littl
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    imagek4slr6:
    DD had an ear infection and we went to the DR on 11/30 & 12/31 and went on antibiotics both ti

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