DD is 8 weeks old and has a chest infection. It started Sunday but just seemed like a mild cold, by Monday she seemed worse but still along the lines of a rotten cold and not too serious. She deteriorated that night and so I booked an appt with the GP on Tuesday who diagnosed a chest infection and prescribed antibiotics. DD is being sick after most doses and no improvement, sucking in under ribs and barely feeding so I took her back to GP yesterday who said it was worrying but he thought overall she was fine to be at home but booked her in for another check this morning to decide if she needed to be admitted to paeds for monitoring.
Last night DD had a terrifying turn where she coughed so badly and was choking on mucus, she was having long gaps between breathing and going purple. I was already on the phone to 111 as her coughing fit had been going on for over half an hour and she couldn't catch her breath but when the breathing became so unstable they sorted an ambulance for us. Typically by the time the ambulance arrived, she had finally stopped coughing and was breathing more normally, although still sucking in a lot under the ribs. She was taken in to hospital where they barely looked at her, said her stats were fine and she looked well, to continue with the antibiotics although I mentioned she is sick after each dose and that the coughing is just her trying to clear her mucus. The only thing they did was give her liquid glucose as her blood sugar was too low. They told me not to let the GP push for a paeds admission today as they would only monitor her anyway.
I understand that she has to cough it up and it will sound awful but the fact that she was having long pauses between breaths and really struggling to draw in breath was surely not okay? She has been wheezing and had another episode of severe coughing where she had one long pause between breathing about half an hour ago. I have the GP appt shortly, WIBU tp request she has the paeds admission because I am terrified every time she coughs that she will stop breathing, even when she's fine she's retracting under her ribs. I feel if they witnessed one of her episodes, they'd take it more seriously but she seems to settle each time she's seen. Sorry this is so long but any advice would be appreciated, I don't want to overreact but I know she's not well.