Bacterial infections are exactly what antibiotics are for. Your doc has done exactly what they're supposed to do in terms of running tests to make sure it's not just viral before prescribing antibiotics.
Now I know research has shown that waiting a few days to see if an ear infection clears on its own is better than jumping to abx right away, but from what you've typed, I take it that this is not an ear infection.
I would wait if this was an ear issue, but I don't fool around with lungs. We've been down the pneumonia road before, better to hit it early.
Did they test for exactly what bacteria your wee one has? Amox is not effective for everything. If you're going to use them, the very least to be done is to be certain that the antibiotic is going to be an effective one. In my, nondoctor, experience, if pneumonia is the concern, Amox is not what's given.
Now I know research has shown that waiting a few days to see if an ear infection clears on its own is better than jumping to abx right away, but from what you've typed, I take it that this is not an ear infection.
I would wait if this was an ear issue, but I don't fool around with lungs. We've been down the pneumonia road before, better to hit it early.
Did they test for exactly what bacteria your wee one has? Amox is not effective for everything. If you're going to use them, the very least to be done is to be certain that the antibiotic is going to be an effective one. In my, nondoctor, experience, if pneumonia is the concern, Amox is not what's given.