Friday, February 27, 2009

Results from Asthma Testing

Hello friends,
I am pathetically sick and will keep this very short. Little Sierra had her back completely covered with little pricks and had 4 different under the skin shots trying to find things she is allergic to that could be triggering her asthma attacks. Nothing. That little girl isn't allergic to a blessed thing. Which in some ways is good news and in some ways is bad news. I was kind of hoping we would find a trigger and put her on allergy meds that would do more blocking and result in fewer attacks. But we were highly suspecting mold. And if it came back positive for mold, we would be completely gutting our downstairs to find any possible growth of mold. Now, we don't have to worry about that, or a whole host of other worries. But that leaves us with the daily breathing treatment and Singulair in the morning. He is adding Nasonex to see if that helps her attacks not be quite so severe. And we are headed into Spring, which is when she really has a difficult time. So, in the next few months, we will start experimenting with a heavy steroid when she needs it. We've used Prednizone (sp) in the past, but she has really horrible side affects with that. So, our hope is if we can find a heavy steroid that works for her without the horrendous side affects, then we can take her to Bulgaria with us and have that medicine on hand, just in case. So, if you could pray that we find a medicine that works powerfully for her without messing with her mind and personality, we would really appreciate it!!!

2 comments:

Christina said...

i'll be praying for you guys. especially that you can get to the root cause of her asthma. :(

mjdav said...

Poor Sierra, I wish Dr.Smart could figure something out. Tell Sierra her buddy is praying for her!