My little man showed up with a horrible cough on the weekend - very out of the blue, no cold symptoms, no nothing. Doc on monday said chest was clear (it just sounded SO horrible I wanted it checked). By weds night DS was puffing as if he'd done a marathon, plus a temp, runny nose, runny nappies, off his food etc. Back to doc who said croup & possibly asthma. DS was put on AB's and prednisolone (3 nights). Review at doc today and he wants DS on ventolin to keep the airways open, and review AGAIN on Tues... I'll just start paying rent at the dr's surgery but all jokes aside, I feel like the doc is keeping a very good eye on my little man.

So firstly, I'm sooo proud of my little fella who took the 6 puffs of ventolin through a spacer & face mask without batting an eyelid

Secondly, I'm curious to know how often kids with croup end up being kids with asthma? And if it was asthma, how long did it take you to work it out? Was it winter after winter of having a cough-prone child?
I also I wondered if it's like adults, where most asthmatic adults I know are the ones who get bronchitis/chest infections. Is it the same in kids where the asthmatic ones tend to get croup or is it a stronger association with them tending to get bronchiolitis?

The doc has said for DS it's a wait and see to work out if DS is actually asthmatic or not. DS already has a solid allergy profile with eczema, hives, food allergies (eggs, treenuts) plus DH has the same sort of profile (minus the food allergies) - so we were primed that he was a reasonable asthma risk. The other thing in DS's favour is that he's never had AB's before, never had a chest/ear or any kind of infection - only mild colds which is pretty good going for 20m.o. i reckon. So I guess I'm trying to crystal-ball gaze here to get an idea of whether he really will end up with it or not.

TIA!