Ds had a cough and a temp last thurs-fri. It was a really nasty sounding dry cough, and he went hoarse and had a sore throat too. However, within 3 days seemed fine again. It never occurred to me at the time that it might be SF.
Then the night before last, dd gets a temp and cough. Obviously we give her ibuprofen to lower her temp, and do all the usual things you would with a sick 2 year old. She has slight snot, is definitely well below par and is complaining of sore mouth (which seems to mean throat when we checked) and can barely squeak. I took a look at the official website and her symptoms would be consistent with SF. But, because we're controlling her temp with paracetamol & ibuprofen although it's up, it's not over 38, so she wouldn't get diagnosed. It's too late now and I wouldn't want to give her tamiflu anyway. So I don't see any point in ringing or using the internet thingy.
However, I am 39 weeks pregnant and unvaccinated, so am a bit concerned that it could be SF, not that there's much different I can do anyway. Vaccines don't seem to have arrived in our area yet. Avoiding snot/dribble/breath while caring for a sick clingy toddler is tricky, so there's a fair chance I'll get it. The last thing I want is to get SF and go into labour during it because of the temp , especially as planning a home waterbirth.
Does it sound like it could be SF? There's not really anything I can do is there...