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[lunababymoonchild]

I hope all goes well with Adrian, @KEV67

[KEV67]

14 minutes ago, lunababymoonchild said:

I hope all goes well with Adrian, @KEV67

Thanks Luna. It was alarming how quickly he got ill. I don't think he had reached a dangerous stage, but I was thinking of conracting the G.P. tomorrow. He might have reached a dangerous stage by then. As it was he had a high temperature and a nasty sounding cough. When the nurse connected him up to the monitoring device his pulse rate was in the 170s, even when he was asleep. A few hours later it is in the 120s. I don't know what is typical for two-year-olds. The nurse nebelated him. She put a mask over his face and made him breathe steam with some medicine in the steam. I think the medicine might have been adenaline. 

[poppy]

Croup IS scary with young children, hope he gets better very soon. One reassuring thing about children, though, is how quickly they bounce back.

[Madeleine]

That sounds very frightening, I hope he gets better soon. I haven't heard of croup for years, I think one of the treatments used to be opening a window, presumably to let in fresh air.  I wonder if that's a function that the nebuliser does, getting more oxygen into their system.

[itsmeagain]

Best wishes Kev . Thinking of you and Adrian. Sending love to the boy in the struggle with croup. 

[KEV67]

I took Adrian back to hospital because his breathing got loud again. It's called something like 'stator', loud in-breaths. He had to submit to another nebulising. I had to hold a mask over his mouth and noise while he breathed in vapour. An old treatment was to make them breathe in steam or to moisten the atmosphere in the room. He was also given some steroids, which were administered by mouth. As it was the second day he was brought in, he was kept in overnight. He has had quite a good night. He has slept right through and his breathing is quiet.

[poppy]

14 hours ago, Madeleine said:

That sounds very frightening, I hope he gets better soon. I haven't heard of croup for years, I think one of the treatments used to be opening a window, presumably to let in fresh air.  I wonder if that's a function that the nebuliser does, getting more oxygen into their system.

 

I can remember this advice too, I think it's the cold air that helps. I found it worked for one of our children who had mild croup. But I'd definitely get medical advice if it was more severe.