Wheezing?

[Brie]

C has had a cough for several days. We saw the pediatrician for a well visit yesterday and she said his lungs were clear. Since then he has started wheezing pretty hard. He won't let me check for retractions, keeps squirming away.

Take him in to urgent care tonight or wait until morning?

ETA: I have a call into the nurse line but they say the wait is an hour.

[Deleted]

I think it depends on what you mean by wheezing. With this last cold the nurse's line told me it's perfectly normal to hear them breathing through the phlegm and even feel it when you put your hand on the kid's back or chest. She said this is because they don't know how to clear their throats or sinuses. However, if you feel the child is actually laboring to breathe in some way, he or she needs to be seen.

[Brie]

He turned blue while I was changing his diaper. We are on our way in.

[megs193]

If he is working to breath or breathing quickly I would take him to urgent care. My son wheezes when he gets sick and he can go downhill quickly.

[Deleted]

Hugs Brie! Poor Charlie

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Jan 8, 2014 19:57:53 GMT -5 Brie said:

He turned blue while I was changing his diaper. We are on our way in.

Oh no! I hope he's okay. Poor C.

[undecidedowl]

How scary! We have dealt with lots of wheezing but never turning blue. Poor guy, hopefully he gets to feeling better soon.

[chickens987]

Yikes! Hope everything turns out ok.

[beefjerky]

Oh no Poor C and you, good luck.

[anelms]

Oh no! Poor C. Hope everything turns out okay

[sookie]

Oh no! Keep us updated! I hope they see you quickly and he's fine!

[karinothing]

Ah, I am sorry that is scary. I hope everything is okay. They will probably give him steroids and they work pretty quickly.

[zeewifeandmama]

How scary! Good luck to both of you!! :: hugs :::

[Brie]

It's RSV. They deep suctioned him and he's doing much better. Poor guy.

[yellowbrkrd]

Poor guy!

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Jan 8, 2014 21:22:51 GMT -5 Brie said:

It's RSV. They deep suctioned him and he's doing much better. Poor guy.

Oh no. I'm sorry. I hope he feels better soon!

[Deleted]

Ugh! Hope he's better soon!

[sookie]

Ugh! I'm glad they know what it is and he's feeling a little better, but how cruddy!

[zeewifeandmama]

I hope he's on the mend real soon!!

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Jan 8, 2014 21:22:51 GMT -5 Brie said:

It's RSV. They deep suctioned him and he's doing much better. Poor guy.

Poor sweetie, I'm sorry. DS had RSV last year, around the same age. It "micro scarred" his lungs, and now he wheezes anytime he gets even a little sick. Pedi prescribed an inhaler, and we use it frequently :-( Our pedi said kids usually outgrow it, so hopefully that's the case for both of us.

I hope he recovers quickly.

[greycat]

Oh no! Hope he is feeling better soon!

[litasail]

Oh no! Feel better, Charlie!!

[shellbear09]

Oh no I'm glad you took him in and he is doing better,

[catbus]

I didn't see this post earlier. I'm sorry. Wasn't it this time last year he had it? I remember those photos of tiny C in the hospital.

[ssmjlm]

Poor guy.

This is the 2nd year he's had it? I hope the meds help.

[curbsideprophet]

Hope he feels better soon.

[water*drop]

Poor C! I hope he feels better soon.

[dbsk8dance]

Hugs!

[teatimefor2]

Oh no Brie! Hope C feels better soon.

[bearbaby]

How scary! Hope he's doing better now.

We've not had an RSV bout (yet), but DS is a wheezer when he gets a bad cold - actually diagnosed with Restrictive Bronchi something-or-other (essentially the term that would be asthma, were he older). We've had two very serious bouts where we've had to blast him with albuterol like every 2-hours for a week - it's very scary when you're worried about their breathing! I hope you're on the upswing.