I am sorry you are having problems with your little girl. My 21 month old has had wheezing from 2 months on but when she is healthy it is well controlled with pulmicort and singulair. Her problems...
My understanding is that prednisone begins working pretty soon after taking it. We have a "stash" of prednisone for our daughter if she gets really bad in the middle of the night. If I ever give it...
pegleg, I bought some party blowers for my daughter but she is having a hard time blowing on them. I think it is a coordination thing. Do you have any tricks to teach them how to do it? She has fun...
Thank you for your input. We did see a pulminologist at our local children's hospital and she was very thorough going over my daughter's history. She said she would see us again if ever we needed to...
The Dr's have decided that she has severe asthma. The face x-ray last spring showed a massive sinus infection and when that cleared up she improved a lot until winter this year. The swallow study...
I have experienced a very similar situation with my 18 month old daughter. She has been treated for pneumonia 3 times this winter and has had 40 days of steroids in the past 10 months. She has had a...
My little one had the test today to rule out Cystic Fibrosis and it came back negative! /community/emoticons/smile.gif I am so relieved. The Dr didn't think she had it but I still let myself get...
I am not your age (sorry!) but I wanted to ask you a couple questions if you don't mind. I am a mother of an 18 month old who gets quite ill with asthma. Pretty much everytime she has a flare-up she...
Thanks for your reply. It is nice to know we are not alone. I know the feeling of dread everytime she gets a cold. Every once in a while she will actually tolerate a cold ok but most of the time she...
Update on my little one! She had the CT scan and it came back normal except some of the little air sacs were collapsed. We saw the lung Dr today and she said everything points toward a diagnosis of...
Could it be acid reflux? When I was pregnant I had awful reflux that was not painful but it usually led to vomiting. I couldn't drink water either. I took Prilosec OTC from about 12 weeks pregnant...
Hi pegleg, As far as I know she hasn't had RSV. They have tested her twice for it and both times have come back clear. But they haven't tested her with each cold so who knows for sure. She had a mild...
My 17 month old had a bad sinus infection last spring and had a lot of wheezing. When they got it cleared up her breathing improved. The asthma Dr explained to me that if you are prone to wheezing...
My 17 month old daughter has had wheezing 90% of her life as I have mentioned in previous posts. She was hospitalized in Jan and has been quite ill again this week. Her Dr decided to consult a...
pegleg, I just want to say thank you so much for all the great info you share with us! It is nice to have this scary disease broken down in a way that is understandable and to get great advice on...
If my little ones respiratory rate gets between 60 and 70 and albuterol doesn't help, that is when we head directly to the Dr. When she hit 90 we were in the ER already. Her respiratory rate is my...
The party favor idea sounds great! Thank you! Next time I am out I will definently purchase some. I don't know if she is old enough to understand me if I ask her to hold it out for three seconds. She...
pegleg, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am trying to get as educated as I can so I appreciate your input. I never dreamed I would have to worry so much about my daughter's every breath. She...
Thank you. I will have to get that book. My daughter has also done well on singulair with pulmicort too until she gets a bad cold. Then it all goes down hill. She has never been on liquid albuterol,...
I have a 17 month old daughter and she is on a lot of meds too. I hate pumping her tiny body full of so many drugs but if I don't her breathing gets very labored and fast. Right now she is on nasonex...
My little one was tested for dust mites and it came back clear but can dust still be a factor in her asthma? That may sound like a stupid question but like I said I am new to all of this so I need...
Thanks for the advice. I think I will try a humidifier. I am sure it won't hurt and will probably help. She has a baseboard heater so I am pretty sure there is not a filter anywhere on it. I have...
She is on steroids for her breathing due to pneumonia and bronchiolitis. When she gets a cold, she breathes really fast (60-80 x per minute) and has a lot of wheezing. She only has a couple more days...
Quick question. Is it the steroids that cause weight gain or the increased appetite? Maybe both? My daughter's appetite is out of control right now. I want to get her off the bottle soon but she is...
Hi everyone, I am a new member. I have a 14 month old who has asthma. She started albuterol nebulizer when she was 4 months old because every time I took her to the Dr, they heard wheezing. When she...