Catching bugs from your kids

[mamaScarlett]

My LO has a nasty case of croup. Harsh, mucusy, barking cough. She's so miserable poor thing. She's on steroids for now. All her cousins have it too, whom she played with 2 days this week.
I also had contact with the kids on the same days but haven't felt anything coming on (yet).
I'm wondering if croup is more of a kid thing, or I should be worried about catching it? Obviously its impossible for stay away from her, I have to take care of her. And I've already been exposed to it. Should I start something extra just as a proactive step, or wait and see?

 

[mamaScarlett]

My LO has a nasty case of croup. Harsh, mucusy, barking cough. She's so miserable poor thing. She's on steroids for now. All her cousins have it too, whom she played with 2 days this week.
I also had contact with the kids on the same days but haven't felt anything coming on (yet).
I'm wondering if croup is more of a kid thing, or I should be worried about catching it? Obviously its impossible for stay away from her, I have to take care of her. And I've already been exposed to it. Should I start something extra just as a proactive step, or wait and see?

 

[mamaScarlett]

My LO has a nasty case of croup. Harsh, mucusy, barking cough. She's so miserable poor thing. She's on steroids for now. All her cousins have it too, whom she played with 2 days this week.
<br />I also had contact with the kids on the same days but haven't felt anything coming on (yet).
<br />I'm wondering if croup is more of a kid thing, or I should be worried about catching it? Obviously its impossible for stay away from her, I have to take care of her. And I've already been exposed to it. Should I start something extra just as a proactive step, or wait and see?

 

[Melissa75]

I am pretty sure that I get croup from my kids. It's just a virus that for some reason lodges in the voicebox area and makes some children bark. Of my three kids, two have had it bad and needed steriods (stridor while awake even in cold or humid places). My middle kid just ends up with a runny nose and fever for a day or two--but I am pretty sure its the same virus.
And when I catch it from them, which is pretty inevitable, I get a kinda chunky feeling in my throat and I have to use a lot of force to cough up the post nasal drip that usual comes up easily.
Advil and sinus washes help and I have gotten better on my own, and I have also had secondary bacterial things takes over.
Hope your daughter feels better and you stay okay.

 

[Melissa75]

I am pretty sure that I get croup from my kids. It's just a virus that for some reason lodges in the voicebox area and makes some children bark. Of my three kids, two have had it bad and needed steriods (stridor while awake even in cold or humid places). My middle kid just ends up with a runny nose and fever for a day or two--but I am pretty sure its the same virus.
And when I catch it from them, which is pretty inevitable, I get a kinda chunky feeling in my throat and I have to use a lot of force to cough up the post nasal drip that usual comes up easily.
Advil and sinus washes help and I have gotten better on my own, and I have also had secondary bacterial things takes over.
Hope your daughter feels better and you stay okay.

 

[Melissa75]

I am pretty sure that I get croup from my kids. It's just a virus that for some reason lodges in the voicebox area and makes some children bark. Of my three kids, two have had it bad and needed steriods (stridor while awake even in cold or humid places). My middle kid just ends up with a runny nose and fever for a day or two--but I am pretty sure its the same virus.
<br />And when I catch it from them, which is pretty inevitable, I get a kinda chunky feeling in my throat and I have to use a lot of force to cough up the post nasal drip that usual comes up easily.
<br />Advil and sinus washes help and I have gotten better on my own, and I have also had secondary bacterial things takes over.
<br />Hope your daughter feels better and you stay okay.