So - the good news in chronological order:
- We helped celebrate our friends' marriage in Massachusetts this last weekend, yay!
- While there we got to hang out with other friends who are expecting their second child, yay!
- We also got to see Max's Grandma, Grandpa, and Mimi! (he's still talking about them)
- On Monday we rested, yay for a day off! (and I downloaded over 300 photos off the camera...)
- Tuesday morning Max had a follow up with the allergist/asthma specialist - and he's doing SO. MUCH. BETTER. Lungs are clear, they sound up to capacity, and we've weaned him down to just one puff of one inhaler a day, a single dose of a chewable asthma medicine (for his cold/virus induced asthma), and a single dose of heartburn meds a day. That's a HUGE improvement - and the doctor is optimistic that if we keep on through the winter (aka cold season) then next spring we can start weaning him off all of the meds!
- Yesterday hubby got a great promotion at work - he starts Monday! I'm so proud of him and so happy for him, this is the first job that he really loves and it shows - he just started in this department in February.
I'll try to get back to the blog soon, I have a lot of photos to edit and posts to write. (like I said, over 300 downloaded...)
1 comment:
Yay for good news, and congrats to Hubby for the promotion! It is wonderful to work at a job you love, and have people recognize you're good at it!
Now, for some friendly, unsolicited advice re:asthma meds...be very careful with the idea of weaning Max off of all meds. Being down to one puff a day is awesome, and I am assuming he's taking Singulair(or the generic equivalent) as well-which is good because it not only acts on the asthma, but helps with allergies too. What I have learned, parenting an asthmatic child for 8 years now, is that it is much better to stay on a consistent low dose of meds all year long, than to try to wean right off to nothing-unless of course, your Doc feels that Max is out growing the asthma, which can happen. I say that it's better to stay on a low dose, especially with a child who has a cold/virus trigger, because exposure to cold viruses happen year round, and, if he is weaned right off the meds, next time he gets a cold, it could throw him into full attack-which, as you know, is not pleasant, and means high doses of steroids to bring under control. Whereas a constant low dose keeps the asthma in control through the cold, and often the cold can run it's course with little more than a raise in puffer frequency for a short period of time. Way less hard on little bodies than the mega doses of steroids through prednisone.
Like I said, though, unsolicited advice, and asthma is such a chameleon. What works for one child can be the exact opposite of what works for another. Either way, I am glad to hear Max is feeling better! Happy kids mean much happier families! :)
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