thanks ladies. this means a lot to me.

i will definately seek a second opinion. DS seems to go to bed normal, and wake up in the morning with a barky cough. after day 2-3 then the runny nose starts and the cold symptoms come on. where as, the research i have been doing about croup, they have cold symptoms to start with. he normally never has a fever either with the barky cough. in winter we noticed too that he coughs a lot when the cold night air comes in and first thing in the morning.

i guess i will ask around about a much better gp. thank you so much