Today we took Avery to a Pediatric Pulmonologist to check out his cough. Of course, today he had no cough whatsoever. But we loved meeting with Dr R and getting his opinion on why little Avery seems to cough so often. He said basically everything I already knew like- he develops this cough each time his allergies flare up and then it lingers for weeks. He agrees with our pediatrician and said that he needs to be on Pulmicort 2x daily as a preventative. Thank the Lord no more nebulizer though! Dr. R gave us an inhaler that is alot quicker than the nebulizer. We also were given an Albuterol inhaler as well for Avery to take when he is coughing/wheezing. In addition to the Pulmicort daily, we will use Nasonex nose spray to help with his allergies. The nurse came in and showed us how it all worked and Avery did great with both! I am hoping that this will help ease my little dude's reoccuring cough. So the official diagnosis is allergies and acute asthma... which we already knew but at least we got that confirmed. We go back to see Dr. R in 2 months.
Here is a pic of the inhaler- It's so easy for Avery to use!
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Dreycin recently got flonase too, im hoping it helps with those pesky weather changes! Hope he's getting better!
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