My little DS (who is 2) has just been diagnosed with suspected Whooping Cough. He has been coughing for months and I've been to the Doc three times to be told - kids get coughs and colds . He took a dip on Friday, with a temperature and was not himself all weekend. After a particularly rough night on Monday I took him to the Docs on Tues morning. She thought it could be Asthma. My gut feeling was no, but I picked up the inhalers and tried them out. He just got worse all day, then I decided that this was getting too scary and took him up the A&E. The Nurses in the Childrens A&E immediately took me seriously and saw him straight away. He had a shocking 40.5 temperature and they initially thought it could be pneumonia (which made me cry). After the Doctor thoroughly examined him (not impressed with my GP at all for not doing so) - he suspected Whooping cough. My DS was immunised, but apparently, its not always 100% sucessful. I am so annoyed at my GPs (saw three in the one practice so annoyed at all of them) for not taking me seriously or for taking the fever into consideration (apparently not likely to be Asthma with a fever according to A&E). I've never been one for being in and out of the Doctors, yet they dismissed me and talked down to both my husband and I each time we have been concerned about his cough in the last 2 months. When will Doctors understand that we know our own children and we know when things aren't right.
My DS is finally on his first lot of Antibiotics and Calpol for the Fever and Pain.