Erin has had a bumpy road this winter fighting off colds!
Around Thanksgiving, she came down with a cold (with the rest of us). When this happened, her cold symptoms eventually passed but she wheezed for SEVERAL weeks. She was sick during her 6 month check-up, but they didn't do much because they never give medicine for colds. The second time I brought her to the doctor, they told us to try nebulizer treatments several times a day. 2 weeks later, I called to report no change and we tried pednisone. When that didn't work....I took her in for a chest x-ray which showed nothing in her lungs. When all was said and done, it took 6 weeks for the wheezing to stop.
This Sunday, Erin came down with a cold again. Her symptoms are now gone, but she is still wheezing terribly, similar to a few weeks ago. She does it so loud, she seems uncomfortable when she breathes. Nebulizer treatments haven't helped, so after today's appointment and a concern about her oxygen levels, we begin the prednisone again in a larger dose. We'll take her in tomorrow for them to see if anything has changed.
They're starting to wonder if she has early childhood asthma, but it's too early to diagnose. It is something she could grow out of...but in the mean time, we might be seeing frequent flare-ups.
It really makes me wonder if this could be related to her wet lung/respiration issues when she was born?
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