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Post by karenh on Apr 3, 2008 19:12:50 GMT
Lucy has yet another chest infection and feeling really miserable. Its her 4th since she was born. I know its a common problem with children that have downs syndrome but please tell me they grow out of it. I hadly slept last night as her breathing was sooooo loud and kept checking every 5 mins. She's still smiling though bless her x Oh and shes picked her strawberry mark so she's got a plaster on her face, im sure everyone thinks i've been bashing her
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Post by claireyd22 on Apr 3, 2008 19:23:48 GMT
Ah bless her, hope she feels better soon. Fortunately George has only had a couple of chest infections but was given an inhaler to use at the time which did help. Hopefully Lucy won't suffer so much during the warmer weather xx ps, have you elevated her cot? x
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Post by anita on Apr 3, 2008 20:19:38 GMT
Tell me about chest infections, Henri has only had one clear month of anitbiotics since he was born, and we are back on them now. We have been given an inhaler to use but Henri wont tolerate the face mask, so we havent used it much. Im hoping as soon as the warmer weather arrives he will be much better, fingers cross that the sun will shine this year and we will have no rain.
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Post by pinkshell1110 on Apr 3, 2008 21:02:34 GMT
tell me too hun, charlie is usually on antibiotics from october til april may time.we have been very fortunate with charlie and inhalers,,and nebulisers , we have a little game of one of us putting the facemask on us first then count to ten aloud, then it's charlie's turn, and we have to count to ten for all 6 to 10 puffs (depending how bad he is ) and everyone in the room has to clap after each puff, and the little beggar looks round the room to make sure we are ALL clapping, if someone isn't he won t take the next puff the little monkey. The paed advised to make a game of it, it is worth a try hun, cos the inhalers really do make alot of difference . i think it took about 3 days of the "game " before he got used to it lots of love shell,charlie and jasmin xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Post by debs4 on Apr 3, 2008 21:21:21 GMT
Gemma has an inhaler. She hated it to start with but we also do it like a game. I hold her and Ian puts it over her face then we count and clap til she has had all the puffs. Bit of a palava but worth doing xx
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Post by sarah on Apr 4, 2008 17:56:01 GMT
Hiya - Daniel often has a 'rattley' chest and has a constant snotty nose - roll on summer! We find that a karvol/sudefed plug in every night helps ease the breathing and other people i know use humidifiers which seems to open the little ones air ways, making breathing easier at night. Hope that might help a bit - just ask at Boots. xx
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Post by sharon22 on Apr 5, 2008 8:03:24 GMT
Jack was very bad last year and so far this year he has been fine (fingers crossed).
If I find that he is getting rattly I bought a vapouriser out of Boots (Boots own) and I think that it is fantastic. I find that karvol gets stale.
It works for Jack and the rest of us
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Post by karenh on Apr 5, 2008 16:53:33 GMT
Thanks for all the advicex Her chest isn't as "rattly" today but she is really sleepy and she's coughing and spluttering couging and gagging over her feeds do you think i need to see adoctor again or am i just panicking?? (im known to panic a lot!!!) thanks in advance from karen the worrier lol!x
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Post by pinkshell1110 on Apr 5, 2008 17:49:17 GMT
karen i always say "mum knows best" hun, i am a bit like you and panic do i take him or dont i but i usually end up taking him and he's usually been in need of it . So go with your instincts hun xxxxxxxxxxx
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