Poor DD is only 5 months and has a horrendous cold. It is just a cold but I thought that as we are now 5 days in and she is getting worse I needed to get some advice. Was thinking about calling GP in morning to get her checked but then she started getting very hot indeed despite calpol (3 days of calpol and nurofen) and then began kind of choking and vomiting absolutely LOADS of phlegm and stopped being able to feed so we called the out of hours service.
I made an appointment at the EmDoc thing at local hospital and she was seen but the doctor was utterly dismissive despite me apologising in advance if I was being all precious4thborn.
He told me he spoke to me on phone and I said it was my DP and my DP had omitted a few details such as her fever, but NO, he was adamant he spoke to me. Okay then, whatever then he told me she was not feverish and told me to buy a thermometer and stop bothering with calpol so I said, sorry I just use my judgement having nursed 4 sick children over the last 10 years on and off. To this he said 'well obv. you know better' so I said no, I don't know better than you, I'm just saying I know she was hot, everyone who held her today said she was very hot.
Moving on... he failed to feel fontanelles, he looked at ears but she wriggled so he didn't get a look and so he didn't bother checking both properly and he said she's fine. No advice about struggling to feed, no support nothing.
She is now hot, wailing and continuing to vomit mucuous and is retching almost all the time with a hacking cough. She is also hoarse.
I accept it is a cold but I was worried it might be turning nasty. I asked what to look out for and he said 'if she starts coughing and looks pale' I left in disbelief at this point.
Am I mad? Is it me?