Long story, 5 month old baby boy, unwell on Monday, very wheezy, not breathing well. Took him to GP who prescribed an inhaler, and said if it doesn’t improve then I’ll give you some steroids. I called back on the Tuesday, and said still no improvement. She prescribed prednisolone, I was reluctant to give them to him, so I just waited. In that night his oxygen was dropping to 89/90/91, took him straight to a&e whose diagnosis was cows milk protein allergy? And wasn’t concerned about o2 levels whilst asleep. So I went home with him.
Wednesday.
still not happy with how baby is, sucking in at the ribs. Only taking 60% feeds. Went to see GP again. Said baby is unwell but not so unwell needs to go hospital. And make sure I give him inhaler and steroids. Which I done when I got home. Wednesday night, just getting ready for sleep, I look down at baby he’s very pale, not rousable, clammy and sweaty, called 999 immediately, they took him to hospital, where they diagnosed him with dehydration and gave him fluids. They allowed me to stay in for another night, so we was discharged Friday. I was reluctant to leave, as baby is still pale, cold and clammy when sleeping. But they just wasn’t interested. I just feel like I’m going mad with worry and just needed to vent. He had around 800 mls of fluid yesterday but when I woke him up in the night his lips was so dry. He has had no fever this whole time just low temps. Has anyone had similar?