asha
12-09-2007, 02:17 AM
DS2 is now 11 months old. He started whizing last night. He has been coughing for a while now. The night of Nov 13th, he got croup. It was a really severe attack. Where he was starting to turn black and blue. So, I called 911 and we ended up spending the night in the ER. The cough was still not completely gone.
Monday DS1 started coughing, then got a bad viral infection with cough, fever, bad stomach etc. He did not go to school all week and is just getting better now.
I guess DS2 caught the bug from DS1. His cough started increasing two days ago. He started running a fever. last night he started whizing.
To give you a little more info, he had RSV when he was 2 weeks old, caught some other infection when he was about 3 months old. He had whizing then also, but it was soo mild that I could hardly tell. His ped gave him Proventil and we used it for a week and we have not used it since then.
He has been falling sick very often since September. This is just the second time he has had whizing and I am not very sure how to treat it. I have spoken to his doctor about it and she suggested that we start using the inhaler (Proventil) if he started whizing again. We have been doing that every four hours. In between, we have also been doing some shower treatment. The humidifier is going full blast.
Proventil does not seem to be doing much this time. However, I remember the doc telling me that if I did not start the inhaler at the first sign of trouble, it might take a few times before we see much difference. The after hours clinic suggested to continue what I am doing and make him sleep elevated.
I have also been doing some saline treatment along with everything else.
His appetite has gone down considerably. He has only had 10 ozs of formula/breast milk and one bottle of pureed squash. He did eat about the same amount of apple sauce this afternoon, but ended up coughing and threw up everything he ate. He has been having enough wet and dirty diapers, so I know he is not dehydrated.
What else can I do? I have to get through tomorrow. The on call doctor is now some one that I am happy about. She is very intimidating and thinks that she alone can be right. I have seen her in the past when my ped was too busy and I really do not want to see her if I can get by.
Thanks in advance ladies.
Asha
Monday DS1 started coughing, then got a bad viral infection with cough, fever, bad stomach etc. He did not go to school all week and is just getting better now.
I guess DS2 caught the bug from DS1. His cough started increasing two days ago. He started running a fever. last night he started whizing.
To give you a little more info, he had RSV when he was 2 weeks old, caught some other infection when he was about 3 months old. He had whizing then also, but it was soo mild that I could hardly tell. His ped gave him Proventil and we used it for a week and we have not used it since then.
He has been falling sick very often since September. This is just the second time he has had whizing and I am not very sure how to treat it. I have spoken to his doctor about it and she suggested that we start using the inhaler (Proventil) if he started whizing again. We have been doing that every four hours. In between, we have also been doing some shower treatment. The humidifier is going full blast.
Proventil does not seem to be doing much this time. However, I remember the doc telling me that if I did not start the inhaler at the first sign of trouble, it might take a few times before we see much difference. The after hours clinic suggested to continue what I am doing and make him sleep elevated.
I have also been doing some saline treatment along with everything else.
His appetite has gone down considerably. He has only had 10 ozs of formula/breast milk and one bottle of pureed squash. He did eat about the same amount of apple sauce this afternoon, but ended up coughing and threw up everything he ate. He has been having enough wet and dirty diapers, so I know he is not dehydrated.
What else can I do? I have to get through tomorrow. The on call doctor is now some one that I am happy about. She is very intimidating and thinks that she alone can be right. I have seen her in the past when my ped was too busy and I really do not want to see her if I can get by.
Thanks in advance ladies.
Asha