Ds sounds croupy. Can i do anything to help?

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Ds woke up about 20 mins ago making a croupy noise I have just managed to settle him with inhalor and steam is there anything else i should be doing. I'm really worried as ended up rushed to hosp in ambulance a few months ago cos of croup and he went blue

I think all you can do is steam...I once sat for hours in the bathroom with the shower running hot

Poor you and DS

outside in the cold air shoudl do the trick
poor you

Lots of steam in the room, you could also lift the cot/bed at the head end, that seems to help dd when she is croupy. Hope he's ok. x

I've raised the head of his cot and he seems to be breathing a bit better now. He's been fine all day it just came out of the blue. I thought croup season had gone now.

ended up rushed to hospital by 999 call Ds woke up at half ten not being able to breath he was all blue and floppy ambulence rushed us to hosp where he was given steriods and oxygen and eventually they let us home this morni g

Ds seems much better in himself although still chesty so he's on nebuliser before bed.

Bloody hell, what a nightmare for you - hope you're all doing OK now. He should recover well now he's got the steroids.

Will the steriods cover him till monday just worried cos his breathing still sound thick (iyswim)

Well, in my experience, (RGN, have looked after bad croup/epiglotttis cases in past) after intial worsening things will start to improve anyway, but the steroids will have calmed things down a great deal. Were you not given any oral steroids at all? Sometimes these are necessary, sometimes not. As I'm sure you know, croup symptoms are caused by a virus which inflames the already tiny air passages in a child, and like all virus will naturally run its course. But today make sure the atmosphere is not too dry for DS, give him plenty of drinks. And if you think that he's getting worse again go to A and E - you absolutely did the right thing last night.

they gave him steriods last night and they said they would cover him for twelve hours. I have got prednisolone at home for other breathing problems and various inhalors.
Thanks for the info its all a bit too much to take in in situations like that.

oh, sorry to read that, hope he improves soon. x