Cough Question

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I have a silly question....my 7 month old was casted on December 5th

and has had a cough since the middle of December. At first we took her

to the emergency room because our ped. said with her cast they would

not be able to get a stethoscope in to hear her lungs. You could feel

her chest rattle through her cast. They did x-rays and luckly her

lungs were clear. They put her on an inhaler and told us to give her

tylenol cold and cough. We went back to the ped. for a checkup because

the cough and rattle still has not gone away. Our ped. is concerned

that the cast may be too tight and she is not able to open her lungs

completely and is afraid she will go into pneumonia. I called the

ortho and they have pushed her recast back to Feb. 7th. I had to beg

to have the cast checked because of the fear of pneumonia. They still

won't see her until Tuesday, but the problem is when she goes into a

coughing spell she also throws up. Has anyone else experienced

anything like this, and how can I tell if she is outgrowing the cast,

especially in the chest area?

, mom of Evanlee & is (7 mos.)