Another sick baby question

stephcarter · March 2014

So B had croup almost 2 weeks ago and seemed to be getting better. She still had the cough for a few days but wasn't nearly as miserable. The cough started turning into a wet mucus cough which she's had for almost a week now. No fever just the gross cough.

Am I the crazy paranoid parent if I call the doc again?

stephcarter · March 2014

Thanks @Piffle42!

5:45 appt.

StefanieM522 · March 2014

Hope it's nothing to bad and she starts feeling better soon. I also agree that it never hurts to call.

chricast · March 2014

Poor B I hope she is okay!

stephcarter · March 2014

Thanks!! She's clingy and moody and I'm slammed with work and she only slept for a total of 40 minutes today (hence the Cadbury egg I had to eat). I'm sure I'll get there and pay her $20 copay and get "it's just a cold" but she's been sick tooooo long now.

stephcarter · March 2014

Agree 100% @BrooketheCat.

Bronchiolitis.

chricast · March 2014

Poor B, antibiotics?

stephcarter · March 2014

No meds. She said I can give her honey and Vicks vapor rub on her chest. She said if she gets any worse or starts running a fever to call immediately.

The bronchiolitis itself isn't contagious which is good. But it typically lasts 3-4 weeks, blah!

StefanieM522 · March 2014

Hope it doesn't last that long and she gets better soon!

stephcarter · March 2014

I told her that after her pertussis and it worked for more than a year @LuckySquare

No nebulizer @RVASC811. Now that you mention that, I wonder why they didn't suggest one. We're at least a week in, praying it gets better from here.

ChrisG83 · March 2014

This is out second time with croup and we are only several days behind you. Ashley still has a little wet cough too. I have been told both times that there is a residual cough that shouldn't last longer than two weeks but could take two weeks to go away which according to my doc is okay. If it doesn't feel right though for sure call.

stephcarter · March 2014

101.1. Fuckkkkkkkk. Just gave her some Tylenol. I guess I'll be calling in the morning.

chricast · March 2014

Ohhhh nooooooo!

Ziegeficker · March 2014

Hope she feels better soon! Nothing is worse than a sick baby :-(

stephcarter · March 2014

piffle42 said:
Soooooo....I almost never take temps.

I mean, I do sometimes but it's rare. I just base what I do on how warm they are and how they're acting.

Early FFFC?

B hated the thermometer (we were doing under arm). I mean loses her mind screaming. We tried the ear one, again with the psycho screaming. So last time she was sick DH went out and bought one of the infrared forehead ones. It doesn't even touch her. $65 but worth it.

I just want her to get better. The coughing terrifies me. She keeps making that whooping cough sound which is a nightmare for me. I keep telling myself the docs said there's no way she'd get it again, but I'm crazy paranoid. And she's clingy and cranky and I just feel terrible.

stephcarter · March 2014

Double ear infection. Antibiotics. They told me 40% of kids w bronchiolitis develop an ear infection. B just had to double it up.

This poor kid

StefanieM522 · March 2014

Poor thing. I hope she gets better soon and you have no more visits to the doctors for a long time.

stephcarter · March 2014

Thanks everyone. She seemed a bit better today. No more fever. Those antibiotics work fast!

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