Someone help... - Tara, if you know

MyBrownEyedBoy wrote: Logan has had a cold for the past week or so, but here's what's really bugging me today. Last night, after his bath, he was just laying on the floor and I noticed that he was breathing really hard. Like I could see his ribs sucking in and the muscles in his neck were standing out. Also, every time he breathed in he kind of grunted. This is not normal and I could feel his heart pounding. Anyone have any idea what we may have?

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I took Wil in to the ped a couple weeks ago because of this...they checked his oxygen level in the office. He was fine, his levels checked out fine...but they said to watch for symptoms like you described. Don't know what is the cause though except for maybe bronchitis or something like that.

Hope he feels better soon!

boyohboyohboy replied: I just took jake into the dr today, because I thought he was having some trouble breathing, but I also was hearing a little wheeze when he exhailed, and he was breathing more with his stomach muscles then his chest, and the dr said its croup and its going around right now.
so we are doing the hot steam baths for a week.
hope he is ok.

Crystalina replied: Is he doing better this morning? It kind of does sound like the onset of bronchitis but if he does it again I would call the ped. I know with Izabella hers was alot worse in the evenings.

Poor little guy. I hope he gets better.

sparkys2boys replied: If it is still happening, I would be apt to take him to the doc to check this out. He should not be breathing that heavily or his heart pounding. IMO, I would not let this go on to long. Hope he's felling better soon. Keep us posted.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
I don't know, I left for work at 5:45 this morning and he was sleeping.

PrairieMom replied:
Breathing hard like that is not normal, and if you can see his ribs sucking in and the muscles sucking in like that it means that is in respiratory distress. That is nothing to mess around with. I would definitely get him in to see a Dr, let them know what is happening. If he is still doing it I would take him to the ER. Esp with his heart history. If he is working that hard to breath, it stresses the heart too.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
Thanks, Tara, I called his day care, they are going to keep a close eye on him and call me if he starts to do any of that again, I asked them to especially keep an ear/eye on him during nap time as that's when they'd be more likely to see/hear any issues. I really debated taking him to the ER last night, but it was brutal cold outside and he seemed to be able to sleep and his color was still good. But I'll take him for sure today if I see any else. Thanks again.

MommyToAshley replied: At first I thought he was just breathing fast and his heart beating fast... if this is the case, then Ashley does this when she has a fever.

But, it sounds like he was working hard to breathe and it was hurting him a little to do so. In this case, I would also take him to the ped.

How's he doing now? Please update us when you can.

redchief replied: Kelly, like Tara said, if he's using his accessory muscles (neck, shoulder, stomach - grunting) to breathe, he is in respiratory distress. This can be from bronchitis or pneumonia. It's also a sign of an asthma attack, but I don't recall you ever saying Logan has asthma. I'd definitely get him into his ped if this happens again.

Cece00 replied: If he is retracting when he's breathing, he definetly should be seen. You might want to take him in when you get off of work, even if he seems 'ok'

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Thanks, everyone. I know I have an education in a medical field, but sometimes when it's your own kid it's hard to step back and be objective. So, I'll call daycare later and see how he's doing and if I see him doing that again this evening, I'm taking him to the ER.

mom2my2cuties replied:
You don't have to apologize. It is best for your kids if you don't "play nurse" with them, even if you know what you are doing. Because you can't be objective and it's hard to think clearly when that is your little one screaming and hurting

Jamison'smama replied: We've been through that many times. The grunting or "popping" as we call it was described to us as her body's attempt to pop the lungs open. I hope he is doing better today.

hugs to you all