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croup
Feb 27, 2007 13:03:50 GMT -5
Post by samanthajosmom_12 on Feb 27, 2007 13:03:50 GMT -5
well sammy jo is six yrs old now- it seems she keeps getting bouts with croup. i have to postpone her sleep study again for the 4 time to get the croup under control. what do you guys do for croup? sue
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croup
Mar 3, 2007 11:18:56 GMT -5
Post by chasesmom on Mar 3, 2007 11:18:56 GMT -5
oh man Sue, croup stinks! Zach has only had it once and it was pretty scary. I truely dont remember what I did for it. My thinking is for you to do a search online and see what the suggestions are there if you cant get any answers here...but I bet our resident nurse Susan, Emily's mom can help you out.....I'll pm her for you. hugs to you and Samantha I hope she feels better soon!!!, Robin, Chases mom
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croup
Mar 3, 2007 18:48:35 GMT -5
Post by Emilysmom on Mar 3, 2007 18:48:35 GMT -5
Hi Sue, Does the doc think her bouts of croup are related to allergies or something in the air, or a virus or bacteria? If it is related to an allergic condition (might need to go so far as to get allergy testing), allergy shots might be necessary. Not something you want her to go through, but if this is what's causing her to have episodes of croup......it would help! Does the doc usually prescribe antibiotics? This time of year is so bad for various viruses and bacterial infections because kids don't tend to be outside getting circulated (fresh) air often enough. Those germs love to live in our warm houses! If that's the case, Spring can't come soon enough!!!
I would use a cool air humidifier (some people even go into the bathroom and turn on the shower to get the room all steamy....although I think cool air is better). Moist air really helps! It can really be scary during an acute episode of croup! Kids aren't supposed to sound like a barking seal.
I hope she can be well soon and can have her sleep study done. Has she been tested for reflux? This is another thing that can cause croup....interesting!
Susan
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croup
Mar 7, 2007 15:54:29 GMT -5
Post by Gina on Mar 7, 2007 15:54:29 GMT -5
Ashton used to have problems with croup all the time. She would wake up in the middle of the night, unable to breath, coughing. It was so scary. There were at least 2 trips to the emergency rooms, and then other trips where half way to the hospital, she started to breath normally and be ok. One thing that helped was to take her outside in the cool (or cold) air. It always seemed strange to take my baby outside, but it helped.
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croup
Mar 13, 2007 1:28:22 GMT -5
Post by samanthajosmom_12 on Mar 13, 2007 1:28:22 GMT -5
she has nopt been tested for reflux- something i have on the list to check later this yr in the summer time. i am trynig to get a new job and i might have to wait for this summer to early fall to get alot of doctors after the new insurance kicks in for sammy and my self. sue
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croup
Mar 13, 2007 9:05:18 GMT -5
Post by akb on Mar 13, 2007 9:05:18 GMT -5
Our son is 4.5yrs, and when he gets a bad cold, he usually will have a few episodes of croup, which hasn't required a trip to the ER. So far, the steamy bathroom and/or outside has been the cure all. Katie
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croup
Mar 14, 2007 23:25:11 GMT -5
Post by lespring on Mar 14, 2007 23:25:11 GMT -5
Angela is 10 1/2 and has croup right now. HELLO!!! I thought we outgrew this YEARS ago! LOL All my other kids (now out of the house) all had croup. Some chronically and were later diagnosed with asthma or allergies, and others just a couple times. I do NOT remember if Angela had it. (old age brain rot) I do remember nebbing her really young, but she had aspiration pneumonia all the time too, so who knows.
So today we're in the doctros office, (not our regular one as she up and left the clinic...long story) and other than croup she doesn't see anything more going on. Angela is already on Augmentin for strep, so....ok....until Angela has a caughing jag, and inhales with that lovely stridor sound!
"How long has she been making THAT noise?" she asks.
me, counting on my fingers, "How old is she? 10? Ummm...about 9 1/2 years I'd say."
"Has she ever been scoped?"
me "TONS! She has a nissen! LOL She just had a bronch done a year ago because of the stridor but everything looked fine in there. I even saw the pictures myself. They figured when she gets sick everything swells, causing the stridor. Except that she makes that noise all the time, like if she cries, or caughs, or whatever...she makes that noise."
Dr. didn't seem to comfortable with this at all. Gave her a dose of Decadron (which did nothing by the way) and sent us home with orders to do nebs, or at least plain cold saline nebs, and if the stridor gets worse during the night to take her into the ER.
I know she's concerned at all, but my level of concern is a bit warped from all the crap we've been through. I'm like "yeah, I've been listening to her make that dumb noise for 9+ years, I'll bring her into the ER if she's blue." LOL
Ok, you know I'd bring her in before THAT, but you know what I mean? I just don't get worked up by that stuff anymore, because it's part of our normal.
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croup
Mar 15, 2007 14:32:29 GMT -5
Post by blestx4 on Mar 15, 2007 14:32:29 GMT -5
Michael is 41/2 & hasn't had a croup episode since Sept/05, until now. Another thing to worry about! He woke up in the middle of the night gasping for breath (very scary!!). This time he actually had the barking cough, as well (has had strider only in the past). I'm wondering if anyone else has used prednisolone? That's what was prescribed when he was a baby. Going outside in the cold air is what the nurse just reminded us to do, but it doesn't seem to work for us. Leah, you just remided me about the nebulizer (forgot I had one).
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croup
Mar 15, 2007 15:22:29 GMT -5
Post by momofrussell on Mar 15, 2007 15:22:29 GMT -5
Russell just got a DX of croup today himself. He's had it plently in the past but I usually don't take him to the doc for it.. but last night he wasn't breathing well at all! He hasn't done that in years and it concerned us.. so I took him in.
the doc also told us cold air also.
A.
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croup
Mar 17, 2007 5:57:07 GMT -5
Post by Renee' on Mar 17, 2007 5:57:07 GMT -5
When we have babies with croup come in we use a mist tent. It is similar to a humidifer. You can take them into the bathroom and run very hot water for steam and sit for around 10-15 min too. If you hear continuous stridor I would take them in. We give breathing treatments with medication for inflamation to decrease the stridor (usually racemic epi) Both of my girls have Asthma and both have been on prednisone, singular, and breathing treatments. It is the season for all of this.
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croup
Apr 6, 2007 18:51:10 GMT -5
Post by cheyanne12 on Apr 6, 2007 18:51:10 GMT -5
Our son, Noah, who is three has had one episode a year so far. It seems like every time he got a cold he ended up with croup and he would wake up with it. It was very scary for us too. We ended up at the ER with every episode. We were told to either take him into a hot steamy bathroom or take him outside. When you have five kids at home, and it's late at night we found often we'd be out of hot water. We have electric heat and I always felt the house was too dry... so we began running a humidifier in his room. Noah has ASD and PDA and this past year he just seemed to be sick through winter. I had one doctor tell me that If I wanted to be rid of this, I should move to Florida. He also told me to not give the entire prednisone and to save a dose of it for the NEXT time so I'd have it when Noah had another episode of croup. I'm, of course, hoping that after his holes are closed in his heart that he won't have croup. I can wish!
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croup
Apr 26, 2007 15:21:05 GMT -5
Post by Kaylis on Apr 26, 2007 15:21:05 GMT -5
We _all_ get croup... Or at least me and the boys. It seems to come every time either one has a repiratory illness, viral or bacterial. For me it's only once in a while now, but I remember lots of time spent in a steamy bathroom as a child.
I do save some of the prednisone now because too many ER doctors at the closest hospital brush off the croup, particularly since it is never quite as bad by the time we've driven gotten there and waited. Our pediatrician has no problem giving it to me or the boys since we all have asthma and allergies, and Mikah (now 3) has Ds too with an accompanying decreased immunity response.
GOOD LUCK!
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croup
May 7, 2007 7:49:59 GMT -5
Post by laurasnowbird on May 7, 2007 7:49:59 GMT -5
Sue,
I would definitely have her checked for reflux, because it can irritate the airway, and then when they get something viral, that's just the last straw for those small airways.
We went almost a whole year without a problem, then had two NASTY bouts with it this year - almost took him to the ER, and we are skilled at dealing with this.
We keep an oral steroid on hand (Orapred) which we give him when we start to hear that restricted breathing. It usually cuts his episodes to only one night. We also keep Xopenex around here, and the nebulizer we've had since he had his only bout with pneumonia when he was six weeks old. Each winter I get the Xopenex prescription refilled though, and I was really glad when we had one of the nasty bouts this winter. We broke out the nebulizer that has been sitting idle for five years, and it made a huge difference for him .
I have to say, I was expecting him to argue about using it, and it was an indicator to me of just how much discomfort he was in that he was cooperative. When I tried to take it away from his nose, he grabbed it back!
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croup
Jun 4, 2007 12:50:57 GMT -5
Post by SuziF on Jun 4, 2007 12:50:57 GMT -5
Prednisone...Merideth has a standing perscription for it. And it's cyclical with her allergies. Allergies bother her, she mouth breathes, her throat catches something...she lands croup...she needs the prednisone. Oh & the allergy meds make her tired, even though they'e not supposed to so the end of the school year has been a joy, with her falling asleep in class & the like.
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