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Croup can eat a bag of dicks. (self.fatherverse)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Know_not_Scotty_does to c/[email protected]

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My 7 month son got croup and has been in an out of the ER twice this week. Its currently midnight and is getting another nebulizer dose before we get moved to a room. Hes doing better but its been rough. We are gonna be here at least another day for observation this time which is way better than getting sent home again to see how he does. Here's hoping he kicks its ass and gets over this quick. It sucks seeing my little guy sick like this.

Edit: he's doing a lot better today. They were doing the nebulizer every two hours and its been almost 7 without it now. Fingers crossed we are over the hump. Thanks for the support y'all.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I had croup often as a kid. It was often enough that I knew, as a little 4 or 5 year old, to run a hot shower and sit on the edge in the middle of the night to help clear it up a little and cough up a bunch of nasty stuff.

One night I woke up short of breathe again and started the shower but it didn't get better. I woke my parents up and apparently my lips were blue. I was so dehydrated and my throat was so irritated that it started closing up.

If this becomes a chronic thing as he gets older, use a steaming hot shower to act as a home remedy. It works similarly to the nebulizer.

I believe they should be using normal saline 0.9% unless they see a reason to use an inhaled steroid. The steroid has an anti-inflammatory effect that reduces any possible swelling in the respiratory tract. Normal saline just helps loosen up the mucous stuck in the respiratory tract. A steamy shower would do the same once he's a little older.

I hope it all works out.