Hi, my 2 year old son fell in a pool for about 7 seconds last sunday. On monday he came down with a fever that lasted through wednesday. The highest temperature was 102.4. We gave him ibuprofen, took him to the pediatrician and she said it was a virus, just wait. On thursday his temperature was gone, he seemed like he was slowly going back to normal, but on saturday he started with a cough and runny nose. Tonight he woke up coughing and it sounded like there was phlegm (or liquid) and he had trouble breathing for a minute while he was coughing. Then he fell back asleep. My concern is
HI...coming to your questions - 1. This could not be the water in the lungs which he aspirated after 3 days - either it would have got absorbed or it would have gone secondarily infected. But secondary infection is unlikely as it would have resulted in high grade fever and sever breathlessness.2. If I were you pediatrician I would take an X-ray of the chest to see if there is any lurking or developing lung infection. Regards -