My 6 Week Old DS has been Diagnosed with Whooping Cough

[Epacris]

Thinking of you and Cade. xxoo

We’re all here for you, ‘till this is over, and he’s a happy and healthy little boy.

[Kazbah]

Sorry to hear Cade isn't well Aussie, but you're a great mother who listened to her gut instinct. I hope all continues to improve and you can have some rest soon to you all.

[gemini_girl]

Aussie girl I am sorry to hear you are going through this with your little boy.

It makes me want to ring my GP tomorrow and get my little girl in for a swab. I had her back in hospital last week because she has been vomiting whole feeds and her nose has been very snuffly. They thought about doing a swab before she went home but decided against it. The saline drops help for a short while, but she doesn't seem to improving too much overall... She hasn't vomited so much last night and today, but still chucking smaller amounts. She usually vomits one whole feed once a day at least. I notice she is worse during the night, she is certainly harder to settle at night. The vaporiser doesn't seem to be helping too much... I'll see how she goes tonight, and see about getting her in to the GP tomorrow I think.

Thanks for keeping us posted. I hope your boy recovers quickly!

[Aussiegirl777]

Gemini_girl -

I hope that your little girl is OK. I would definately be asking for a swab. It only takes 2 seconds for them to do it. For some reason doctors seem to fob most Mothers' off (not mine though, thank gosh). I have no idea why, there is an outbreak of whooping cough in the country at the moment and yet you have to twist the doctors' arms off to get them to swab. Just go back and don't take no for an answer. Just INSIST on it. It will most likely be negative and put your mind at rest.

[gemini_girl]

Thanks Aussie girl, yeh I will do that first thing in the morning I will make an appointment.
I have noticed a bit of an occasional cough with Bree, also noticed some sneezing too. Hopefully it's nothing serious, but better to be safe than sorry.
I suspected a little boy had WC when I had my son into emergency a couple of weeks before Bree was born, I refused to hang around waiting any longer for my son to be seen, and he ended up having to go back to the hospital later, as he had pneumonia. Hopefully, I got out quick enough.
Pneumonia spread through our whole family one at a time, throughout my third trimester, and that was bad enough.

[Aussiegirl777]

Please keep me updated as to how you go with your doctor Gemini_Girl.

[Isadora]

So scary!! But huge well done to you for insisting on that test, good on you! That is a lesson to us all. All the best, will be thinking of you and your son.