We had K at the doctor today after an awful night last night, and she has croup. The doctor prescribed a dose of steroids for her, but said it was up to us if we wanted to give them to her. I hate to just give medication if it could clear up on its own, but at the same time, I don't want her to suffer longer than necessary. I'm leaning towards giving them to her, but- what is your experience? Have you given steroids for croup?
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Yep, we gave them to LO when she had croup. It was a struggle to get her to take them because they taste bad, but I do think they helped with her breathing. Hope K feels better soon! Croup was really rough for us.
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The steroids make a world of difference. I think with croup night three is usually the worst, so I found it worthwhile to do, depending on how bad the first night was.
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@lawbee11: that's another thing I'm worried about! It's NOT a concentrated dose, so she has to drink a LOT of it. Maybe we'll chase it with ice cream or something
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: We had to put it in a syringe and squirt it into the back of her mouth then quickly hand her her sippy cup of milk!
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we had a pill and it made a world of difference.. the stridor went away as soon as we gave it to him.. we crushed it up and put it in chocolate syrup and he didn't notice the taste
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We did steroids and some nebulizer treatments at home, and it worked great. I found that if I can catch the croup cough and help him kick it quickly, that's the best. When I would wait for it to clear up on it its own, the cough would subside but then come back right away any time LO caught a cold, had congestion, etc. The steroids helped to fully clear up the cough.
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