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I've been mulling over this... and yes, I think you should see a doctor with him. Sometimes breathing problems can creep up slowly... a respiratory infection reduces lung capacity not suddenly like choking but as the oxygen saturation level of the blood falls it can be similar to a gradual choke. Just because you can take in a breath doesn't mean that you aren't in trouble. A body needs to maintain a certain amount of oxygen in the blood and it really does sound like you DS doesn't have optimum levels of oxygen in his system. This will make him very vulnerable. I don't drive and I know how inconvenient it can be bundling them all up and calling a taxi to get to the doctors but I've done this. Once just because my son was suddenly tugging on his ear and wouldn't stop crying... I didn't know what was wrong... he was well in every other way. I felt a bit stupid at the doctors because he had stopped crying too. But when the doctor had a look in his ear using an instrument he said that the canal was full of blood!!! :o I said "How???" doctor couldn't tell me why... but said he might have even punctured him ear drum. Well I got home and then found a bit of a toy in the port-a-cot where he was playing and put 2 and 2 together. He must have shoved it in his ear.
Anyhow enough about us... but honestly it would be better to have your DS tested to check out his blood oxygen saturation levels now in the middle of the day than have a sleepless night tonight. Little kids can go downhill fast.
ETA: snap MD!
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I so agree with MD on not burning up the daylight hours hun - especially a Friday with the weekend coming and school holidays starting or already started - people are travelling etc - try and see someone today.
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sounds to me like he might have croup....
def get him to a doc asap - my little man was in emergency on the weekend with it and he went blue :(
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Called local GP down the road and spoke to practice nurse; she had a listen to his breathing/cough and said to just give him the vapouriser/panadol and watch him for awhile. He doesnt sound too bad and the blueness isnt as pronounced as it was so she wasnt in a rush to try and fit me in (you have to call BEFORE you get sick to get a GP appt up here *sigh*).
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I hope that you have seen someone already, but if not I'd personally be seeing someone if he's getting blue tinges around his mouth. I found when Oskar had bronchialitis and croup that during the day he was a lot better and hardly seemed sick at all but once that night air started up again he really went downhill very quickly indeed. They only have little bodies and it doesn't take much at all. Hope that everything is ok and that's he feeling better.
Just saw you'd posted before I got a chance. It's like that everywhere in winter really and it's seriously a problem! I'm lucky that my doctor will always squeeze bubs in.
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yeah thats a bit odd, they usually dont take chances with little ones and squeeze you in.
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Hmmm I dont like that response either AnnaT. Maybe I am being a paranoid mummy, but I know my doctor will squeeze me in if I am worried about the smallest of things. Keep an eye on him, I'm sure you are, & dont hesitate to get a second opinion, what about calling that health line?
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I agree, bluish tinge around the mouth is reason to have someone look at him, particularly if he has a fever and has been unwell.
Hope it's nothing but I wouldn't risk it.
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Yeah, croup seems to be the thing going around right now. My dad found out today he has it... and my sister just had a baby! He is paranoid about the baby coming home because my older brother had croup as a baby and the doctors practically wrote him off - gave him last rites and everything. He obviously bounced back but there is so much more they can do for it now than there was 36 years ago.
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Wheeze is an indication of airway narrowing. With viral type symptoms, croup is a possibility and if so it is likely to be worse at 2am. You know him better than anyone - if you think he is sick, get him checked!!
Things to look for (besides the discolouration which may be like the purple hue you get when you are cold - in his case, potentially as he was brewing his fever)
* increased work of breathing - using extra muscles such as tummy, between the ribs, little notch in the neck (trachea)
* noisy breathing - may sound like crackles, rattles or wheezes. If it is croup he will bark like a seal when he coughs. All of them should be checked. If he has stridor (google for what it sounds like) he needs to be checked ASAP (ambulance)
* decreased interaction / lethargy / unusual drowsiness = ambulance
Basically, if you are worried at all then get him checked. Pre-warn ex-DH about needing the car, a lift, someone to look after the other 2 and tell him it may be the early hours of the morning. Don't be afraid to call an ambulance. 'Tis the season for respiratory stuff!!
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Anna I rushed Emily up to the hospital last week as she was wheezing and a had a slight tinge of blue around the mouth. Fortunately by the time we arrived at hospital she'd improved and her airways were 100%, but that sort of thing I would go straight to the hospital for. I'm an asthmatic, have been my entire life, so I know what it's like. I'm not saying it's asthma, but when it comes to respitory conditions, they need to be attended to straight away.
I hope he's improved by now, or improves in the next couple of days. :hug:
