DS2 has had a temperature on and off for two or three days which I put down to teething (he's 6 months). This morning, he seemed a bit chesty so I thought, ahh, getting a cough and cold, but he's been refusing food since lunchtime. By teatime, he was very crabby, wouldn't eat and his breathing sounded quite laboured - I thought it was croup but then thought nah, it can't be in May. So, took him to the doctor and he said it is croup... Weird. Anyway, he has some salbutamol which I am fine with, but the doctor also prescribed amoxcillin - I said I wasn't happy giving him this unless he really, really needed it, and he was quite happy with that - am I going mad, I thought croup was viral???
Anyway, apart from steam, snuffle babe and cuddles, anything else we can do? Poor little bundle of misery!
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Croup??? In May???
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Lisa78 · 26/05/2004 18:58
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