DD (11) is in about her third week of whooping cough (for the record she was fully vaccinated). First week started as a mild cold, we thought nothing of it, second week things turned scary as she started having these awful coughing attacks where she’d go blue and end up vomiting. Scared the lights out of me so I took her to the GP who diagnosed WC and prescribed antibiotics to stop her being infectious. She’s now finished her course of antibiotics so at least I’m reassured she’s not spreading it about but her symptoms are just as bad as ever. If anything she’s getting worse. Poor kid is totally exhausted - she can’t keep any food down and is usually up at least once a night every night with these awful coughing/vomiting attacks. I feel so awful for her. She’s normally so full of life, loves her sport, she’s meant to be doing various different sports camps this summer but even walking down the street seems to trigger an attack so running around a football pitch (for example) will be totally out of question. She’s due to start secondary school in less than a month and I’m so worried she won’t be any better by then - there’s no way she’d be able to go to school in her current condition. GP doesn’t seem to be able to offer any advice on the actual management of symptoms other than ‘call an ambulance if she stops breathing’ 🙄 Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips on what I can do to help her?