DS had a really good run of health in the run up to christmas apart from a cough that started in the beginning of December but it was really mild and sporadic (he's 4 and we had a terrible year in 2022 when he started nursery, he literally coughed for about 8 months straight and we had inhalers and all sorts).
After christmas he developed a cough, nothing else apart from a bit of a cold, but it got really nasty. Coughing fits all night etc, to the point where we started using his Ventolin again. I took him to GP, slight crackle on his chest, given a week of antibiotics. Got a lot better but didn't fully go. In the meantime, I got it. It feels like my throat is sticky constantly so I have to keep clearing my throat which results in the coughing fits. Nothing seems to help. I'm shattered.
DS took his last dose of antibiotics on Saturday, the cough has now started coming back. I could weep. He's currently up there coughing away, although he's sleeping through it right now.
Mine has started to get better on its own, so I was just starting to sleep again and he's been sleeping through again while he was on antibiotics. But the last two nights he's been waking again every couple of hours because he'll have a coughing fit and it will jolt him awake. He's then really upset and takes ages to settle.
I'm going to have to take him back to the GP aren't I? I'm so gutted that we might have to put him back on all the inhalers, or that this cough might turn into a chronic one like we had before as it was hellish for all of us.
Sorry, for the long post, just needed a rant. I've heard rumours of a 100 day cough which doesn't bode well, hoping it's not that!
Anyone else suffering? Misery loves company, join me!