Breathing treatments!

Julia has had a cough since Saturday. It has been getting worse and is now actually keeping her up at night. She would wake up in a coughing fit and just cry. BOTH RSV and Walking pneumonia are going around in her class at daycare. She did not have a fever and was eating and acting just fine, but since she was up most of Weds. night/Thursday morning from coughing, I thought I better take her to the dr to get checked out.

The official diagnosis is that she is wheezing. Dr did not really know what it was from. Said it could be a bit of asthma or even maybe bronchitis. I guess the wheezing is causing mucus, which is making her cough.

He put her on breathing treatments 4 times a day plus an additional treatment at night if she wakes up from coughing. I can gradually move the treatments to every 8 hours, then every 12 hours as the wheezing gets better. We go for a re-check in a week and at that time he wants me to still be doing the treatments at least twice a day. Poor little girl! Do you know how hard it is to give a 2 yr old breathing treatments?!! Luckily, she is getting better about taking them. She still cries, but at least she is not thrashing around to get away from it anymore. I literally had to put her in a bear hug and hold her head for her first treatment.

Apparently the pharmacist I saw does not have kids. I told him I was pregnant and wanted to be sure it was okay that I was breathing in this stuff too (the dr already told me it was okay, but I wanted to double check). He asked me why I would be breathing it in too. When I told him it was because I had Julia in my lap and she was fighting the treatment, so of course, I am breathing in some of this stuff too during the struggle. His reply....... "Can't you just distract her?"!!!! Sure, I can just distract her from the fact that she has to wear this mask that is blowing steamy mist and makes a lot of noise!!! I KNOW this guy does not have kids, not after a comment like that!!

Julia's cough already seems better, but I can definitely tell that she is wheezing a little before it is time for another treatment.