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Sick baby, ugh

MissMeegsMissMeegs member
in January 2014 Moms
DS woke up around 11 last night after a somewhat cranky and napless but otherwise routine day, and he sounded just awful, coughing and wheezing, labored breathing. He had no fever and went back down and slept all night, but I hardly slept at all, instead obsessing on the monitor about how ragged/wet/wheezy his breathing sounded. Took him in this morning convinced he had rsv or something else respiratory. Nope--he "just" has a double ear infection and a cold but doc said his lungs are totally clear and "his breathing will sound worse than it is" because he's congested.

DH was with him and not me so I didn't get to ask, but does anyone here have medical knowledge that can shed light on this? I'm just curious, not questioning the doctor at all. I've heard it before when he's had colds, where I report a horrific "death rattle" in his chest and the doc is like "nope, lungs sound clear!"

I'm incredibly grateful it's nothing more serious, I just wish I could understand medically so I can feel more calm at night rather than obsessing over whether he's getting enough oxygen. Why would a stuffy nose make it sound (to the untrained) like a chest cold?
TWO Babies in 2014!
DS #1 Born 01/07/2014, DS #2 Born 12/17/2014

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Re: Sick baby, ugh

  • SvedkaStoliSvedkaStoli member
    I can't offer medical advice, just some sympathy. J can be coughing up a lung and have a nose full of snot and the doctor is like, nope, everything is clear. 

    I have a humidifier going with Vicks Vaporpads. Works really well. 
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  • MissMeegsMissMeegs member
    I am grateful he was able to sleep through it for sure!! I was convinced we'd be up with him once an hour, he sounded that miserable. I credit myself in taking off his helmet to take his temp and deciding not to put it back on even though he had no fever. He sleeps just fine with it on but I bet he'd have been more likely to wake up with his cruddy feelings if the helmet had been on. Although who knows?
    TWO Babies in 2014!
    DS #1 Born 01/07/2014, DS #2 Born 12/17/2014

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  • chicki1012chicki1012 member
    Hope he feels better soon. It's so hard to see our LOs feeling this way and they all say u have to wait it out, arghhhh. DS has a bad cold like every other week it seems, no fun!!! Wish there was more that us mommas can do, besides lots of snuggles and TLC.
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  • MissMeegsMissMeegs member
    Thanks all! After 24 hours on his antibiotics he appears to be improving. His breathing is MUCH better at any rate, and we are loading his feet up with Vicks rub and putting him in a steamy bathroom for a while before bed. Knock on wood he gets rid of it rapidly! :)
    TWO Babies in 2014!
    DS #1 Born 01/07/2014, DS #2 Born 12/17/2014

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