Hi all - LG is 18 months.
She has had a very chesty cough and streaming nose for 4 weeks. Long story short we went to doctors each week as she wasn’t getting better and we tried a course of steroids (didn’t work) and everything else (sprays, steam, elevating cot etc) - told it was viral and it would go.
Fast forward to yesterday nursery call and say her temp is 39.9. So I pick up - she’s unwell but still eating, drinking, talking, walking etc but just not herself. She goes to bed in my bed as was so upset but then she started breathing strange (I wasn’t too alarmed but thought it wasn’t great and I’d ring doctors today) - this morning she was OK and was happy (no temp) ate her breakfast so I thought we will try nursery (told them to call if she was poorly) - they called and said she had developed a rash and temp was creeping up.
Picked her up and took straight to doctors again where the doctor this time says yes she can hear pockets of rattling and it’s a definite chest infection (ongoing for weeks most likely) and I showed her a video of her breathing to which she replied it wasn’t normal and she should be taken to be seen if that happened again. I shall attach video. She’s been given amoxicillin.
Im looking for any advice as poor thing has had this for so long and if anyone has been through anything similar with any tips to make her more comfortable and the cough a little less distressing for her 🙏