Hi all,
thought I would reach out on here and see if anyone else has had a similar experience.
My son, who is 21 months, got severe croup and so had to be intubated as he needed to rest and recover and his breathing was so laboured bless him. It was awful to see and I think I’m suffering from PTSD. He came home on Sunday which was wonderful and I feel so lucky that he’s back with us and healthy again.
One of the meds he was on was Dexamethozone (sp?) and has had to be weaned off it due to how much he had to take. His last dose was 3 days ago, but we’ve been finding that his mood has been all over the place and he is tantruming all of the time and sleep has been dreadful. Refusing to sleep in his bed, waking up at different times and just not going back to sleep, screaming through the night, getting cross if I’m sitting or standing, it’s been so hard to watch him go through all this and me and my husband are so emotionally and physically drained.
They found that he also had a bad chest infection which also caused him to suffer so much with the croup.
It is unusual for a child to be intubated due to croup but they are finding it’s more common at the moment after the lockdown.
I was told the Dex takes quite a few days to leave the system (especially if you’ve been on it for a while) and he was on it for almost 2 weeks and he can experience these types of symptoms because of it. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Or can relate?
Thank you!