To not take DD to the GP/A&E until Monday

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So DD (15) has a had a bog standard cold, so had Friday off school, much to her horror as she has three internal assessments due next week.

But now she has an awful cough that she cannot rid of and every time she tries to speak she starts dry coughing, this has happened before with most colds and the cough lingers for weeks, if not months, so the GP have always just put her on something similar to an asthma inhaler (she has sports induced asthma).

The problem is the inhaler we received last time has run out of puffs, so I will have to take her to A&E but I live abroad where we have to pay for healthcare and it costs $50 to go to A&E but I can't really afford it at the moment and the GP would only be about $20 on the Monday. If I can't get her in on the Monday, I will take her to A&E.

I feel bad though she's going to spend the whole weekend in bed with a mountain of homework to do. AIBU?

I don't believe you and your family have asthma or you would be well aware that a cough can also be an indicator of not being able to breathe.

a cough can certainly be a cough. no one said otherwise. they and I also said it could be more serious.

we've moved on from the OP, my last post was referring to your incorrect views on asthma. do keep up sweetie.

Feck off, "sweetie". My views on asthma are based on years of experience, we don't all get hysterical when children are ill.
Horses, not zebra. A cough is a cough unless evidence suggests otherwise. Actual evidence, not paranoia from internet randoms.

OP I don't think you deserved to be flamed at all!!

I have a child with severe asthma and I have the amazing NHS to fall back on and I still uhmm and ahhh about whether to take him to A and E.

Not ALL coughs end up as an attack or are asthma related.

Ive taken my child to hospital in the middle of the night mistakingly thinking he was having an attack but turns out to be a very nasty virus that they could do nothing about.

At the end of the day, she just has a cough, no wheezing, not struggling to breath.

OP whenEVER a thread starts with 'should I take dc to A and E' you will be guaranteed to have 90% of the answers saying "Go! Now!" even if it was a broken nail .

People on here love calling people up on their parenting, especially when health and emergencies are involved.

And for what its worth, reading back I agree with everything countess has said.

"Just a cough" where she couldn't talk without coughing. To me that is a sign that something isn't right and needs checking. One of the key things for asthmatics needing to get checked is the inability to talk a sentence without having to pause for breath or coughing.

The not wheezing isn't a good measure as lots of asthmatics don't wheeze, or have such a deep wheeze it isn't audible.

OMG OP I am so sorry for calling you a bitch - it was aimed at Countess who has hijacked the thread to her own end to the point I thought she was the OP.

Sorry OP - but I do feel you need to sort out getting repeat prescriptions filled, rather than running out. That's irresponsible...

know what else is also very likely? That the OP knows more about her kid and her needs than either you or I. So why not take your doom-mongering to someone who gives a crap?

But OP doesn't know. That's why she has asked on here. Her original post made it sound as if she thought her daughter needed to be seen but that she didn't want to waste the money if other posters thought her daughter may survive till Monday. When she was offered the advice to go to A&E now she thought she would go later as it might be busy and they may have to wait giving the impression that her time and money are more important than her daughters health.

I won't flame you (you've got that already) but endure your DD has regular appointments with the asthma nurse (should be one at gp surgery if not ask). They monitor asthma, when its worse (some is seasonal) and check on inhalers working etc. I had this in my early 20s when I developed asthma (didn't have it as child) and it helped and reassured me a lot. Also got me to take it seriously.

Eva50 - agree with you. Also it isn't just any bog standard asthma attack - OP had already said that she had forgot to get her daughter's prescription refilled so the situation could quickly have escallated :(

OP - I've just notice that you daughter is 15 - surely at this age she is capable of saying to you that she is feeling unwell and needs to see someone? The tone of the OP made me think that your daughter was 4...

glad to hear it! Can't believe you weren't doing anything about it.