I HATE asthma, hate hate it!

how old is she? You can purchase a neb yourself and get med from the Dr for it. I would seriously talk to you Dr about this. I have one and LOVE it but I will say I got it when I was prego and my asthma got REALLY REALLY bad. Our insurance covered min (they thought I had met my out of pocket deductible but I had to pay $125 for the nebulizer I know I could have gotten it cheaper if I just bought it on line.)

I don't know anything about asthma treatments, but I hope she is okay.

oh that is hard. Is there anyway you can contact her Dr here in the states and have a family member pick up the prescription and mail it too you?

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Originally Posted by bananabellesmom 

Dh is taking mini dd to the hospital....  She gets these instant colds and a croup like cough to go with it.  And it lasts for hours into the night.

 

It started heavily when we put her to bed.  Remember last time that I had to call the ambulance when dh was gone, that was a nightmare.  

 

So hopefully, we are getting a better grip on it this time by not having to call the ambulance in the wee hours of the morning.  I had a mommy gut feeling that was where this was headed tonight.

 

They don't do the nebulizers here, they say that 10 pushes of her rescue med is exactly the same as being on the neb for 3 minutes, but I tell ya, she reacts SO much better to the neb than the inhaler.  It is beyond me why they don't do it.   grrr so a trip to the hospital.

 

fingers crossed she is ok.   

While it may be the same amount of medication it is different in how she takes it in. My Pulmonologist was really good about explaining that difference to me. One other thing that you can try is using normal saline in the nebulizer. My ped has me do that when I first start noticing the croup sound with DS. Sometimes it helps, other times it doesn't but it's worth trying. You can use the saline like you would use for contacts and just put a few ML's in the neb and run it like you would the albuterol. Will they do any kind of oral medication for her? If so I would try Singular. It has made a tremendous difference for DS in the amount of times we have to use the neb.

I hope you get it all worked out for her. I know how scary and frustrating this can be. Sending you hugs!

I agree with the Singulair. My DD took it for silent asthma; she goes from breathing normally to barely breathing at all.

Also ask about asthma education classes. You might even be able to find one on-line. When I was diagnosed with asthma we had Kaiser and they made it mandatory for me to go to the education class. OMG, it was awesome. I learned so much! Even a 4 (almost 5) year old can use a peak flow meter. If her peak flow suddenly drops, that means an attack is coming on (we always have asthma, it is the attacks that are scary). If you can predict an attack, she can take extra medicine - probably a steroid (inhaled, pill or injection) - to prevent it. She can also use a steroid inhaler daily to keep the attacks under control, although I do think a non-steroid like Singular might be better.

As far as the ER visits, some doctors like to document X-number of visits in a certain period of time to justify prescribing more medication. I hope everything works out.

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Originally Posted by bananabellesmom 

They got home at 4am.  She and dh are sleeping.  Her croupy cough is still there, but nothing to get me upset about as it seems more controlled.  They gave her the neb and oral steroids.

 

She is on singular, and it has helped a bunch.  I was hesitant to put her on it cause my eldest had really horrible side effects with it, but mini doesn't  (why I would think that just cause they both came from the two same people they would be the same....LOL  but you do think like that!)

 

I will ask about a peak flow, I wonder if it is something that has to be gotten from a dr here....  Though most of the time, I just know by how sudden a "cold" comes on that it is going to be rough.

 

I will also try the saline in the neb.  

 

Thank you ladies SO much.

What side effects did she have? I have had several people say that after long term use their child has become more moody and somewhat depressed. This can be resolved by simply taking them off the medication for a short time. It doesn't seem to have that effect on my DS.