Thursday, October 15, 2009

No relief in sight....

Maggie has been coughing for 6 weeks now. Yep. You read it right. 6 weeks. We've been to the doctor 3 times. Each time, they just give her another combo medication - antihistamine/decongestant/cough suppressant. The only thing that they seem to do is make my active child MORE hyper!

I have tried everything....

~ putting books under the head of her bed to elevate her head
~ warm humidifier with vapor steam
~ breathing treatments 3 times a day
~ breathing treatment with just distilled water
~ homeopathic cough syrup (2 different kinds)
~ rubbed Vicks Vapor rub on the bottom of her feet and put socks on

nothing is working. I'm almost at the point of taking her to the Urgent Care center to see if someone might be able to help. She's not sleeping, therefore, we're not sleeping. She has seriously only slept through the whole night twice in the past 6 weeks. She is actually asleep right now, however, hasn't stopped coughing in over an hour. How that is even possible, I don't know. I also think that this crud has really kicked her sleep apnea in. The specialists have confirmed that she needs to be on the CPAP machine and we are just waiting to hear from the sleep clinic on when it will be delivered.

Any suggestions on what we can do? In the meantime, please pray for our sweet girl. Poor baby.

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