So Evie is having the asthma wheeze problem again. This is (I think) the 4th time since January--and I might be forgetting one. Daddy took her to the doctor yesterday and she had to have 3 breathing treatments there with the nebulizer before they would let her go--if the 3rd one hadn't worked, she would have been sent to ER to be on oxygen and monitored.
She is doing home treatments with an inhaler and she is also on steroids to reduce inflammation in her lungs and has to take Singulair once a day indefinitely. Luckily, they gave us 2 free months of Singulair because there is no generic and the copay is $30/month which is pricey in my opinion. Although it is cheaper than my Crohn's medication by a lot!
Basically, she doesn't 'just' catch a cold or the flu--she catches those and then has asthma stuff going on, and it looks like that will happen every time. it's really hard because I think this might all be stemming off her first cold that gave her the bad breathing--first she gets the cold/asthma, then mommy or daddy gets it, then the other person gets it, then Evie gets it again, then we just keep cycling through this in a never-ending pattern. We are not fans of the uber-cold.
Otherwise, things are good. Work has been insane for both of us so hopefully things will actually be calmer once Spring Quarter starts up next week. Happy Easter everyone.
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Yeah, this is the 4th time we've seen a doc about it at least - 3 through her regular office, and the one time at urgent care -- though that one wasn't as severe as the others.
Only the 2nd time on the steriods.
Hopefully once winter clears she can kick this thing.
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