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Prednisone and my difficult child don't mix so good!
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 265148" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Loth, we haven't had to use the nebulizer in a long time, fortunately. He was using Advair on a fairly regular basis -- maybe that's what you're thinking of? It's an inhaled steroid and comes in three flavors: 100mg, 250mg and 500mg. If he gets a cold, I bump him up to the 250mg. I'd taken difficult child 1 to see the doctor last Tuesday (I think it was), mainly because we needed refills on his 100mg Advair, but he happened to have a cough left over from a cold the week before and I thought maybe sinus drip was contributing. As you know with these kids, any kind of lung irritation sets off the inflammatory cascade. His peak flow numbers were so-so -- in the mid-300's (he's usually in the low 400's when he's doing well). doctor said he had a sinus infection going, gave us Augmentin, but wanted me to monitor the peak flow numbers closely. Thursday he was getting worse and needed the albuterol PLUS the 500mg Advair. Friday his numbers dropped to 250, so that's when they had me start the pred.</p><p> </p><p>His cough is much more productive now, and he's not complaining of the chest tightness anymore. And his nose is sounding clearer, although he's still got a lot of gunk in there. It's just going to take time. </p><p> </p><p>He's nasty every dang night, though. Stubborn, confrontational, mean. Ugh, I hate this. I told husband he could just deal with him tonight. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 265148, member: 3444"] Loth, we haven't had to use the nebulizer in a long time, fortunately. He was using Advair on a fairly regular basis -- maybe that's what you're thinking of? It's an inhaled steroid and comes in three flavors: 100mg, 250mg and 500mg. If he gets a cold, I bump him up to the 250mg. I'd taken difficult child 1 to see the doctor last Tuesday (I think it was), mainly because we needed refills on his 100mg Advair, but he happened to have a cough left over from a cold the week before and I thought maybe sinus drip was contributing. As you know with these kids, any kind of lung irritation sets off the inflammatory cascade. His peak flow numbers were so-so -- in the mid-300's (he's usually in the low 400's when he's doing well). doctor said he had a sinus infection going, gave us Augmentin, but wanted me to monitor the peak flow numbers closely. Thursday he was getting worse and needed the albuterol PLUS the 500mg Advair. Friday his numbers dropped to 250, so that's when they had me start the pred. His cough is much more productive now, and he's not complaining of the chest tightness anymore. And his nose is sounding clearer, although he's still got a lot of gunk in there. It's just going to take time. He's nasty every dang night, though. Stubborn, confrontational, mean. Ugh, I hate this. I told husband he could just deal with him tonight. :p [/QUOTE]
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