My dd2 is 6.9 and has always suffered from croup when she gets a cold. Once again last night we were up for 3 hours, inhaling steam, rubbing on vicks etc as she barked like a dog!
It always happens when dh is working overnight as well! He's a GP, and has very mild asthma himself, so said to give her a puff of his reliever (sitting by the bed of course, not on him!) and that helped. She was assessed for asthma as she got croup so much as a baby but it was negative - when she is well she has no breathing problems at all, it is only when she has a cold. But it is every time she has a cold.
So we're only 4 weeks back at school and that's her off already - she's exhausted, hot and still coughing, lying on the sofa wrapped in a duvet.
Dh says all the evidence says they eventually grow out of it, but he has no idea when. I've had to arrange for a friend to look after her this morning while I go to an essential appointment of my own.
I'm also worried as she is probably going to have a big operation on her hip next year and spend a couple of weeks in hospital - what is she gets one of the hospital style bugs and has all this while she is in traction?
Just need a pat on the head really, and told to stop stressing!!!