Hello all, I'm Wendy, a 26-yr-old SAHM to my two children Emily<br>
(4yrs.) and Zackary (9mths.). Emily had her 2, 4 and 6 mth.<br>
vaccinations and then we stopped. Zack hasn't been vaccinated at all. It was a tough decision for my hubby and I not to vaccinate<br>
our children but we feel it was the best decision.<br><br>
Now to my concern. For about a week now my son has been a bit cranky (normally a pretty happy baby) and he had a dry cough mostly at night that started last week. He would wake up coughing about 1X a night. He also felt a *bit* warm, but not warm enough that I thought to check his temperature. I figured he was just teething and that's what those symptoms were from. But now he has been coughing more. He wakes up 1-2X a night coughing and he's also started to cough during the day. It is a dry cough and he doesn't seem to have any other cold-like symptoms that would make me think he has a cold. His nose has been a bit boogery (sorry, don't know a better way to describe it - it's not runny and not really stuffy, but he does seem to have some green in there).<br><br>
In the last few days my daughter has started to cough. At first it<br>
was maybe 1X a day and now she's been coughing approx. 2X a day - no other symptoms except she's been REALLY cranky too for the last 4-5 days. and has seemed a bit more tired than usual.<br><br>
Last night I started to feel tightness/shortness of breath in my chest but haven't been coughing a whole lot. I've been coughing a couple times today, and feel a bit lightheaded and nauseous, but other than that the main prob is the feeling of tightness/shortness of breath in my chest.<br><br>
So after that big long story, do any of you think it would be wise<br>
to go into the doctor to get a nose/throat culture taken on all of us to check for pertussis? Does anybody know how long a culture should take to get the results back from? Do you think getting started on erythromycin just in case might be a good idea? I'd love to think this is just something simple, like maybe an airborne irritant or allergies of some sort, but I'm actually starting to get worried this could be pertussis. This is the first time I am truly very worried about this.<br><br>
I've had a couple people suggest to me that it is probably just a simple virus we've all caught and I'm hoping that is true. Should I maybe pump everyone up on Vitamin C? If so, what would be the best way to do that and how much should I use?<br><br>
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! Please feel free to<br>
email me directly at whagerty @ mdirect.net (minus the space before and after the @ symbol) or post here. Thanks very much!<br><br>
Wendy :-(
(4yrs.) and Zackary (9mths.). Emily had her 2, 4 and 6 mth.<br>
vaccinations and then we stopped. Zack hasn't been vaccinated at all. It was a tough decision for my hubby and I not to vaccinate<br>
our children but we feel it was the best decision.<br><br>
Now to my concern. For about a week now my son has been a bit cranky (normally a pretty happy baby) and he had a dry cough mostly at night that started last week. He would wake up coughing about 1X a night. He also felt a *bit* warm, but not warm enough that I thought to check his temperature. I figured he was just teething and that's what those symptoms were from. But now he has been coughing more. He wakes up 1-2X a night coughing and he's also started to cough during the day. It is a dry cough and he doesn't seem to have any other cold-like symptoms that would make me think he has a cold. His nose has been a bit boogery (sorry, don't know a better way to describe it - it's not runny and not really stuffy, but he does seem to have some green in there).<br><br>
In the last few days my daughter has started to cough. At first it<br>
was maybe 1X a day and now she's been coughing approx. 2X a day - no other symptoms except she's been REALLY cranky too for the last 4-5 days. and has seemed a bit more tired than usual.<br><br>
Last night I started to feel tightness/shortness of breath in my chest but haven't been coughing a whole lot. I've been coughing a couple times today, and feel a bit lightheaded and nauseous, but other than that the main prob is the feeling of tightness/shortness of breath in my chest.<br><br>
So after that big long story, do any of you think it would be wise<br>
to go into the doctor to get a nose/throat culture taken on all of us to check for pertussis? Does anybody know how long a culture should take to get the results back from? Do you think getting started on erythromycin just in case might be a good idea? I'd love to think this is just something simple, like maybe an airborne irritant or allergies of some sort, but I'm actually starting to get worried this could be pertussis. This is the first time I am truly very worried about this.<br><br>
I've had a couple people suggest to me that it is probably just a simple virus we've all caught and I'm hoping that is true. Should I maybe pump everyone up on Vitamin C? If so, what would be the best way to do that and how much should I use?<br><br>
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! Please feel free to<br>
email me directly at whagerty @ mdirect.net (minus the space before and after the @ symbol) or post here. Thanks very much!<br><br>
Wendy :-(
