Inhalers
The title of this entry is inhalers. Plural.
We went to a pulmonologist today. She's had a terrible cough since September. It really hasn't gone away and it's gotten worse in the last few days. I took her to the doctor on Monday and they said her lungs are clear but wanted her to see this pulmonologist. Izzie coughed all night and all day at daycare and all the way to the doctor and then NOTHING for the entire time we were at the doctor. I explained how bad it was and that we had 2 ER visits and 2 rounds of steroids for 2 croup incidents. But since they didn't hear it and her lungs are clear... the doctor wanted to do Zyrtec for a month to reduce the phlegm and open her tiny airways more. When I started to put her clothes back on... she had a coughing fit and the doctor said "Oh... nevermind. We're gonna skip right to the inhalers and treat her for asthma." She doesn't have asthma but they treat it like asthma to open the airways more. So she has to have this twice a day every day and we have another one for up to 4 times a day as needed on top of that.
PS - in case you can't tell - she hates it.
Also, she reiterated that she needs her tonsils and adenoids out before she's two and that she will sound congested until that happens. And since she snores at night, she needs a sleep study in April-ish.
We went to a pulmonologist today. She's had a terrible cough since September. It really hasn't gone away and it's gotten worse in the last few days. I took her to the doctor on Monday and they said her lungs are clear but wanted her to see this pulmonologist. Izzie coughed all night and all day at daycare and all the way to the doctor and then NOTHING for the entire time we were at the doctor. I explained how bad it was and that we had 2 ER visits and 2 rounds of steroids for 2 croup incidents. But since they didn't hear it and her lungs are clear... the doctor wanted to do Zyrtec for a month to reduce the phlegm and open her tiny airways more. When I started to put her clothes back on... she had a coughing fit and the doctor said "Oh... nevermind. We're gonna skip right to the inhalers and treat her for asthma." She doesn't have asthma but they treat it like asthma to open the airways more. So she has to have this twice a day every day and we have another one for up to 4 times a day as needed on top of that.
PS - in case you can't tell - she hates it.
Also, she reiterated that she needs her tonsils and adenoids out before she's two and that she will sound congested until that happens. And since she snores at night, she needs a sleep study in April-ish.
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