Croup....kill me now

[UnexpectedSingleMum]

So my dd (3) dragged croup home from nursery last week & we sailed through it. Ds (14 months) now has it and we are approaching night 3 & I'm about to burst into irrational tears I feel so sick at the thought.
He's a terrible sleeper anyway, so I have zero reserves to call upon and I am absolutely on my knees with no help available through the night. The past two nights I haven't slept at all as the only way he can 'sleep' (for very brief periods 10-30 mins) is almost totally upright on me.
Night 3 is fast approaching & I genuinely don't think I can do another night of no sleep. I'm not getting a 'break' until tomorrow morning when my mum can take them from 7-12 so I can sleep.
In a nutshell - How the hell do I get through another night of it? And potentially more when I have no reserves?????
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Have you took him to Drs? There's quite a specific medicine for Croup and it works so fast! We did have to trek to a few chemists to fulfil the prescription though.

We have GingerFox & they prescribed three days of steroids, first dose half taken / half spat out earlier.
That phrase 'they work fast' has made me well up with hope

Have you got dexamethasone (that might be hideously wrongly spelt!).

It should make a difference straight away. If it's the tablets they're grim, grind them into some petit fouls or chocolate mousse.

If all else fails tonight go to A&E for the liquid.

I have way too much experience of croup...

We had what the pp mentioned and yes it worked pretty much at straight away.

We've had prednisolone, he perked up right before bedtime & then was fine through the night. The meds are amazing - took it to being a 'normal' nasty cough rather than a terrifying one.
Thanks ladies. You gave me hope last night m (& I slept 7-10.45 after my Mum picked them up - unreal!!!)