On Monday night, A's cough was pretty consistent and relentless. We used her asthma action plan and pulled out all our tricks (albuterol, honey, zarbees, vicks vapor rub on her feet and chest, humidifier, elevating her mattress, doterra breathe essential oil, vicks plug in) to no avail. Her pulmonologist had asked us to call if it got to that point, so I did and the physician on call said she needed a steroid to stop the coughing. Unfortunately we live in a town that apparently has no 24-hour pharmacy (I can get deodorant or a step ladder at 3 am but heaven forbid I actually need medication). He left a message at the pharmacy but all we could really do was wait it out and hope she would fall asleep and the coughing would subside. Unfortunately that didn't happen and she was still coughing in the middle of the night. Around 3 am, she woke herself back up and when I picked her up, she was having difficulty catching her breath between coughs. Chad called and talked with the ER nurse who said we should bring her in for the oral steroid.
We are so fortunate she's such a compliant little patient. She mostly just laid on my chest while they did their examination. Her lungs sounded good and the doctor confirmed that she wasn't wheezing (of course, on the drive over, she fell asleep and completely stopped coughing; likely due to sitting up right and also just because that is how it always goes). The nurse was super impressed when A took the oral medication without the tiniest of fusses. However, she was completely unsurprised that A spit it all back up. Apparently that medication is poorly tolerated. So they gave her zofran (typically used for nausea) and another steroid typically administered IV for croup. She tolerated that well and they sent us on our merry way with nearly a dozen stickers.
She has been doing great since. We slept late on Tuesday. Chad ended up calling into work and I missed my morning appointments. We took A into school and she had a good, albeit clingy day. Poor thing had to be tired. We all were.
The more fun update is that we took A to get her first hair cut.
We first went to get doughnuts (she snagged the "dirt and worms" Oreo & gummy worm doughnut).
I was really surprised how well she did getting a hair cut. She seemed to like being pampered and even allowed the stylist to do a blow out.
You can see it was only a little trim, trying to even things out and get her bangs to grow out.
Otherwise, things have been going well. We were going to go to A's first Super Bowl party tonight but given the week we had, it just seemed smarter to lay low. Her cough and runny nose had come back as well and while I know it's just her asthma and allergies, it didn't seem right exposing her to other little kids, just in case. She did enjoy watching a little bit of football and dancing to the half-time show. I got a bit of housekeeping done around the house but am hoping to get back to organizing this week. We will see.
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