Poor guy; he's been having this recurring bronchial infection (three times in two months), and it usually takes a couple of days to get really bad, but he woke up with a fever Monday morning, and by the time i got back from running errands, he was gasping for breath. His doc takes walk-ins, so i brought him right in, where he got two shots (an antibiotic and a steroid), chest x-rays, and a breathing treatment. He was already exhausted when i decided he needed to go, but 2 1/2 hours in the doctor's office, getting poked and prodded totally wore him down. He has a nebulizer now, two allergy meds, an antibiotic, and a steroid. Ugh, it just about makes me crazy just trying to remember when to give him everything. Tomorrow morning he has his second follow-up appointment, when they'll actually have the x-ray results, and possibly tell me if he has asthma for sure, or if this is just temporary. Of course, being so young (he's only 3) no one wants to actually say he has asthma, but with the family history of it, i'm bracing myself for years of trouble *sigh* Does anyone else have a kid with asthma? Can you give me some tips?
Poor little one!! I don't have any tips, but I pray for both of you that this is only temporary or at least a very weak case.
I am so sorry your little one is sick. Asthma is hard to deal with, but there is a learning curve, so hopefully it will get easier. The diagnosis of asthma is usually done over a period of time. If it is the first attack, the child is usually given a diagnosis of "reactive airway." The Xrays really won't confirm a diagnosis, just rule out things like pneumonia. My dd Moon has adolecent onset "reactive Airway." She didn't have asthma as a small child. She has never needed a nebulizer, but uses an inhaler when her allergies get bad, or when she gets a respiratory illness. She also has a steroid inhaler which helps prevent symptoms from getting out of hand when she does get a respiratory virus. Hers was not active until adolesence, and was termed "Exhursion induced reactive airway, late onset." I hope your little Ryver is feeling better. Hugs, Maggie
Dakota was diagnosed with asthma when he was 10 months old. He had several attacks before that point. But since they continued he was diagnosed with asthma. After months of nebulizer treatments, steroids, and all kinds of junk, we took him to a chiropractor. She suggested that we take him off milk. Guess what, no more asthma. He is now 34 months old and has not had an attack since 15 months. We have used the nebulizer twice when he has eaten foods that he is allergic tther than that he is drug free and symptom free. Kathi
