hi ladies,

i am after some advice if that is ok. DS has just turned two. last year he had several recurrent bouts of croup including having croup twice in 3 weeks. at the beginning of this year we moved interstate, DS woke up with what we thought was croup, took him to a new GP, who said that children only ever get croup once or twice, anything after that is classed as asthma. he prescribed a puffer for DS to have twice a day and then sent me home. he gave me repeats for the puffer too.

anyway a friend posted on fb saying that her son had croup overnight and she spent the night in hospital with him. i told her what this GP told me. she said i should find another doctor. so then DH called and i spoke to him and he even agrees saying that he doesnt think its asthma as when his brother was younger his brother was always sick with asthma and it was different.

i am so confused. i do think a second opinion would be good but then think they would probably still say that he has asthma.

just wondering if anyone can help me out and if you have been thru the same thing with your children

TIA