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Cough cough wheeze wheeze!!!!!

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alibobins · 19/05/2007 11:06

Ds finished abs on thursday. Last night he was up most of the night coughing and he's very wheezy this morning and got a gammy eye
I've doubled up on steriod inhalor and upped his ventolin to 5 puffs every four hours. At what point if any would you call doctor.
Also i've got prednisolone at home incase of emergancy would you use them?

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ska · 19/05/2007 11:08

we double brown (preventer) and use 2 puffs of blue four times a day. go to GP/a7e at any point when you are worried. once we got there only to get alecture about how dangerous it is to leave until you are really worried

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allieBongo · 19/05/2007 11:11

i'd call the emergency dr and ask if you should start the pred? is he breathing from his tummy, really sucking it in??

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3littlefrogs · 19/05/2007 11:13

The only thing is that if he still has a bacterial infection, that will get worse if he starts on steroids, so even more reason to see a doctor. (Even though he probably does need the prednisolone for the asthma IYSWIM).

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alibobins · 19/05/2007 11:20

He breathing quite fast about 40 per minute but doesn't seem to be in too much distress just quiet lying on setee

I've got a nebuliser would you try that.

I hate it when they are ill at the weekend and my dotors puts you straight through to nhs direct and they will just send me to a&e

And to top it all off dp is away on his stag do.

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pointydog · 19/05/2007 11:26

Is he only able to lie quietly on the settee? Could he get up and walk about normally if he wanted to?

If not, I'd get him seen straight away.

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alibobins · 19/05/2007 11:33

He can walk about but I don't think he can be bothered. He just followed me in to the kitchen.

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alibobins · 19/05/2007 12:23

He seems to be getting worse he had ventolin at 11 and is still really struggling to catch hisd breath
I'm going to take him to a&e

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Budababe · 19/05/2007 12:24

Sounds scary - hope he is OK. A&E prob best option.

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allieBongo · 19/05/2007 12:40

take care ali, hope he's OK. You've done the right thing x

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alibobins · 19/05/2007 21:15

Quick post just come home to pack some stuff. They are keeping him in he has got pneumonia and is on more abs, oxygen and up until 3 was on hourly nebs he is now going two hours. poor little boy he looks so ill all i've done is cry
Dp is coming home from stag do but won't be back till late. Mil is with ds at moment.
Can't believe this is happening i'm getting married in 9 days.

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Budababe · 20/05/2007 00:34

Oh sweetheart. Sounds so scary but you know? In 9 days he will be just FINE!. You will be a basket cse of course!

Let us kow how he goes.

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ska · 20/05/2007 10:28

sorry only just caught up with this. You poor thing - don't feel guilty, you did everything you could. He will be okay now and you will be better prepared in the future. I do hope you get some rest too

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pointydog · 20/05/2007 19:45

wishing your son a speedy recovery, ali

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alibobins · 21/05/2007 20:21

Finally got home about an hour ago

Ds had to be off oxygen 24hrs before they let him home.

He is much better just wiped out.