Whooping cough? Croup?

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I think DS has the symptoms of whooping cough, but how do I tell.

He started getting the flu yesterday. Well it started with him starting to choke then vomitting up his feed. 3 times in one feed.
Then he had the runny nose & just looking & feeling crappy.
He vomitted again before bed, but wasn't coughing.
Now he has that noise when he breathes in while crying & coughing. But the cough doesn't seem like it has heaps of mucous in it.
He doesn't have a fever.
He doesn't seem to have strider or any of the croup symptoms.

I can't tell the difference just from google. Its hard to tell the noise from one to the other.
He has been asleep most of the night with no problems, no coughing fits. His breathing is fine now he's asleep.
Not much coughing going on. He more coughs when he cries.
The noise isn't the cough, its the breathing in after.

I don't really want to go to the hospital for no reason again. DD got stung by a jelly fish & we rang them as we were worried about it. The nurse told us to come straight in, then the doc treated me like an idiot for going in.

So...Anyone got any miracle answers for me???

Oh, BTW, he is fully immunised Due for 12 month ones Oops! I missed my appt for them last Monday!