whooping cough in 7 week old baby

i put this film on here to help others who think their child may have whooping cough... my son Jaxson was 5 wks old when he started with a cold/cough, within a wk he was coughing like in the clip, hospital sent him home with acid reflux mothers instinct told me they were wrong so i looked it up and found another clip on youtube which led me to believe it was whooping cough. took him bk to hospital with small film of him coughing, told the doctors what we thought it was, he said it wouldn't be that and sent us home again this time with bronchitis, so we filmed him again (this clip) and showed a community nurse who finally sent some round to my house nexts day to do the swab which came bk positive. whooping cough is extremely dangerous so if you think your child may have this, get the doctors to swab as soon as x

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[DENAANN1000]

oh thats horrible! poor baby, my aunt died of the same when she was 18 months. that was 1928 though. dont make fun people. its an awful thing.

[ilikefosters]

@DENAANN1000 sadly babies are still dying from this :(

[StarsComplex]

Hi there:( poor thing! I can't bare to watch the rest:( I keep thinking my son has a slight cough?:/ I wanted to know what the very very early signs of pertussis was for your child? I've already been vaccinated 5 years ago and am thinking I should go in to get a booster now even tho it lasts 10yrs . I've had a cold but I'm the only babysitter for my son because we don't hvlave ananyone to help.... he's only month old :( ahhh unless I'm just a paranoid new mom because this is my first child?

[ilikefosters]

@StarsComplex Jaxson started with everyday cold symptoms, runny nose, little cough, a little bit off a temperature cough just got worse and worse. I'm from the uk and we don't get a booster so i really don't no to much about it. sorry i couldn't help you with that xx

[fuglychick21]

Oh this breaks my heart! I hope your son gets better. My son is 6 weeks old. I'm just looking up things that can happen to him if I'm not careful. Thank you so much for this video it really helps.

[ilikefosters]

@fuglychick21 Jaxson will be celerbrating his 1st birthday in 2 wks :) he is better now but seams to catch every bug going. i'm glad the video helps people, makes me feel better as i felt awful at the time having to film him. and congrats on the birth of your little boy  :) xx

[youbelong2me]

@JDferret47 NOW LISTEN HERE ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!! I happen to know this baby, and I happen to know he's doing amazing now! He's a smart and STRONG little fellow. Who the f*ck do you think you are??? HE'S A HUMAN BEING... He was suffering, and how DARE you make such a heartless comment like that.. Your mother ought to be ashamed of you. Heaven forbid you ever have a child of your own who ends up this sick.

[astroboyf06]

@JDferret47 your a real peice of work, I hope you get really sick!

[ApatheticVengeance]

Oh my goodness I got to 20 seconds and had to stop, poor thing! I'm 2 days overdue with my first baby and I nearly started crying just now. I hope he's doing okay now and hope I never hae to hear this with my son.

[ccsnd77]

Heartbreaking! Couldnt watch more than a few seconds.hope he is doing okay. Wishing you and your baby the best

[popdiva1087]

poor baby

[ilikefosters]

@jstover25 The only thing i can really suggest that you do is film your son's coughing & show them. i'd also ask for them to do another nasal swab to test 4 w/c. Jaxson got sent home so many times it wasn't until i filmed him coughing that we actually got taken seriously. It's so worrying/scary/heartbreaking watching your baby go though this, i hope he gets better soon. ((big hug)) let me know how he goes on x