Vera has caught a bug from none other than her momma. I caught it from the office and was down with a bad runny nose and sore throat. Vera caught it soon after. The bout is into its 6th day now. She’s been so stuffed up with mucus and unable to clear it, she sounds raspy with the sore throat, and it interrupts her sleep at night every few minutes because she can’t breathe properly. Ian and I are up through the night, rocking her back to sleep every time she gets choked on the mucus. I’ve tried Illadin nose drops but it doesn’t really help and she hates it. We try sucking the mucus out manually with a nose cleaner but it’s so slow and doesn’t have strong suction power. I’m really tempted to rent one of those industrial ones they use in hospitals…like a vacuum machine! Anything to make Vera feel less congested.
Daily PT and speech therapy is completely on hold and I worry she’ll regress. Already her neck stiffness has gotten worse.
Babies falling sick are so stressful.
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Yes, for them to be stopped up is a major ordeal. We have one of those nose sucker (vacumn type machines) and it is worth it when it gets so bad. These babies can't move their mucous. We use saline drops in their nose and then suck it out. The med you mentioned is that like saline drops. We just put couple drops in nose and it seems to thin the mucous out and sometime drains in her throat to loosen mucous there. You can use it often since it is natural and not percription. Good luck and I will keep checking on little Vera. Praying her mommy and daddy will be better and get rest.
Praying for the 3 of u to get well soon ...
awww...it is awful when the little ones get all stuffed up. we have one of those suction machines and i would recommend any parent having it! it has seriously been a lifesaver.
i don't remember if you had said whether or not they tried kinesiotape for vera's neck. when kaiya was young her torticollis was pretty bad - she always looked to the left. her therapists used kinesiotape for it and it really seemed to help. didn't do much for the other parts of her body, but for the neck it was great.
You are a strong mummy.
Get well soon.
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