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Do I need to take her for ANOTHER test?

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MKCH · 02/10/2020 07:10

Ugh.
My 9mo DD has had two Covid tests so far - one because nursery said she had a cough and couldn't go back until she was tested negative, and then a week later because she was sent home with a temperature.
The latest test was last Tuesday (22nd September) and the result came back negative on Friday.

Yesterday she developed a wheezy/rattly chest and she has been coughing overnight - not constantly, but not a nice cough.

I phoned the doctor yesterday to try and get an appt (before the cough developed) and I have to phone again this morning to try and get a slot today - the first thing they asked was whether she was displaying any Covid symptoms, and at the time she wasn't, but now she has this horrid barking cough.
No temperature.

I know they'll ask me again this morning if she has symptoms but I think she needs to see a doctor for a chest infection or something - she's wheezy and also very snotty so I think it's that combined with a nursery cold.

As she only had her test last week... surely they can't say she needs a neg test result before they see her? As if it was negative on Tuesday, she wouldn't have caught it and developed symptoms in a week?

Or am I kidding myself and we'll have to go AGAIN and wait AGAIN before she can see a doctor for something potentially quite bad?! 😩

OP posts:
Changedmynameagain1 · 02/10/2020 07:21

When you say barking cough i always think of croup? Google the croup sound and see if it’s that!

My dd is 13 months and was sent home from nursery with a temp over the summer ( a raging temp of 39)... she was 11 months then. Covid never ever sprung to mind to be honest, she had a small rash near her lip- turned out to be a skin infection.

When I spoke to the doctor on the phone he never suggested covid either...... it’s so uncommon in babies.

I’d speak to the doctor again, and listen to a croup video and she if it sounds the same

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