About 4 weeks ago ds (just 3)came down with that awful cough and cold that everyone seems to have had. Was really quite poorly with it for a couple of days, high temps etc then got better except for the hacking cough which he still has now.
He has been absolutely fine in himself until a couple of days ago when he seemed to get another cold, temp went up again and cough worsened. Temp is now down again but he still has the cough.
People keep asking me what the doctor has said/if he is on antibiotics etc and I'm starting to feel a bit guilty for not having even taken him to the doctor.
I haven't taken him to the doctor because
a) ds always gets ridiculously high temps even with the slightest cold
b) the temp was going down with calpol/neurofen
c)both times the temp has only lasted a couple of days and then he has seemed better
d)every year ds gets a cough that lasts all winter and the doctor has always been very dismissive when I have taken him over it
e) his snot is clear so don't think he has an infection
f) although the cough sounds awful I'm not actually worried about ds, he is a little more tired than normal but otherwise fine.
But am I being negligent not getting it checked out?
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Am I being negligent over this? Or sensible?
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FestiveOrganisoid · 16/12/2010 11:12
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