Poor Eve. She's been sick since April 1st. She's got a horrible junky sounding cough. She doesn't have the muscle strength to cough productively, so she just hacks and hacks and doesn't get anything up. Sometimes, she vomits the mucous up. This is good for clearing her, but she could aspirate which is scary.
We went to the pediatrician twice, and kept an eye on her. Monday, she was very uncomfortable and moaning a lot. She also started sucking in her breath like she had a sharp pain. This continued on Tuesday and the sharp pains got worse. She'd start to cough and immediately suck in her breath and cry out. She did this if startled, too. We went to the doctor and she had developed a low grade fever. The Dr. heard the beginnings of crackling in her lungs. Eve also had smelly urine for a few days. The Dr prescribed an antibiotic to take care of both a possible chest infection and UTI. She said the pain reaction could be from sore throat or muscles from coughing for 2 weeks. It's been 3 days since we started the antibiotics. Eve is in a much better mood - laughing and smiling, which she hasn't done easily for a while. The smell went away in her urine. However, she is still coughing horribly and doesn't sound any better. She's coughing more throughout the night as well.
I'm pretty concerned. Not in crisis mode, but pretty concerned.
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Does she have a suction machine? That has helped Celia tremendously. We will keep your sweet girl in our prayers.
Yes, but it's not helpful in this situation. Unless I were to run the tube down her throat. how do you use it for Celia?
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