My 16mth old daughter has had a bad, deep wet cough for about 4 days now. It started on a Sunday & she was running 102.6 fever. I got that down & took her to the doctor on Monday. Her regular pediatrician was full so we saw the only one available. Both of my sons had pneumonia 1 week ago & were on meds for that. The doctor barely listened to her (she was crying)& said "Oh it’s just a virus-she’ll be fine!"She was running a low grade fever when the doc checked! Her cough is terrible. It goes on all day & were up all night! I put a humidifier in her room & covered her in Vick’s but it doesn’t help! Her nose runs constantly-changing from clear to green/yellow! Fever isn’t really present anymore. But all she wants to do is sleep in the afternoon because she’s so tired from coughing 24/7 & it’s a very hard cough! She’s not eating near what she normally does & drinks some but she’s so congested that she can’t since she can’t breath! I don’t know what to do anymore! I thought of taking her to the ER & asking for a chest x-ray just to rule out any possible infection! She is scheduled to get her 2nd set of ear tubes & her adenoids(sp?)removed in 2wks & her ears are clear at the moment! She also has a nebulizer w/Xopenex that we do 3-4 times a day as directed but it doesn’t help any with her cough! Should I wait this out or take her to the ER just to be on the safe side since the doctor wouldn’t look any further into this?? Thank you for your help!!!

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