We immediately called an ambulance and he was rushed off to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with croup. If your child is having problems breathing take him or her to the emergency room right away, leave the windows down in the car to let the moist cool air in. Try to keep your child calm as crying will make it worse. Don't hang aroud the house trying home remedies if your child is having a hard time breathing. The situation can quickly turn fatal.
Small children can become exhausted easliy and just give up trying to breathe.
There are three viruses that cause croup and the virus swells up the airway and that is why the child has a hard time breathing. Children that get croup have a tendency to get it year after year until they grow out of it, usually around five of six yrs. Keep a cool mist air humidifier in the room and cover up the heating vent to keep the room cool amd moist. Keep blankets on the child to keep them warm. Don't hesitate to call an ambulance if you need it, better tocall it out and it may not have been neccessary than to not call and have a dead child or baby.