Yesterday I took Reagan to a new doctor. He's an allergist, an immunologist and a former pediatrician. To make a very long story short, he diagnosed her with mild asthma and believes that she does have allergies and it is not an immune problem. This from reviewing her test results from her pediatrician.
She also has an ear infection (which she either didn't have or her pediatrician didn't catch on Tuesday). So our game plan for now is as follows:
Continue with albuterol and pulmocort breathing treatments 2xs daily. (He doubled her intake of pulmocort).
Take azrithromycin for 5 days to clear up the infection.
Take allegra twice a day.
Take singulair once a day.
Take tylenol and advil as needed for the pain while the infection lasts.
In two weeks we will go back to Dr. T (as I'll refer to him, her regular pediatrician is Dr. D) for allergy testing. Four days prior to the testing, I am to remove her from the allegra and singulair so that it will not skew the results.
The allergy tests this time will be skin/scratch tests. Once we receive those results, we will move forward with working on her environment/treatment or if the tests are negative we will move forward with continued immune testing.
Today she is already so much better just after a little of the allergy medicine and the antibiotic.
We also are going to wait on the CT scan and x-rays and immune blood work at this time. We still have a follow-up/well baby check up in a couple of weeks with Dr. D.
On other news, Josh and I have decided to forgo adoption at this point in our lives. I'm working to get healthier and we plan to meet with my doctor to get her opinions on another pregnancy and making sure that I will be well monitored if we go that route (I'm assuming this will be a high-risk pregnancy).
So that's it on the home front for now. Please continue to pray for Reagan. Love to all!
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ReplyDeleteMy 1st pg was high risk and not the 2nd one - till I went into labor then it got really scary. Well, both labors were scary but Ash's got better one we knew what was going on and how to deal. She slipped right out! LOL How exciting for you guys!
Glad she's feeling a little bit better. Hopefully the allergy testing will provide some answers and make it easier to establish a course of treatment.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting that you are thinking about trying the pregnancy thing again. Hope all goes well with your doctor visit!
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ReplyDeleteI found you via Menu Plan Monday. I hope that your little one is feeling better really soon. All 3 of my kids have gone to through allergy testing for one thing or another.