Friday, March 28, 2008

Still sick...

Yes, Blair is still sick. We had to take her to the Urgent Care Clinic two Saturdays ago because she was literally coughing with every breath. It was very scary, but the doctor on call at the clinic was wonderful. She did a chest X-Ray of Blair to rule out pneumonia...the X-Ray was clean so she determined that Blair just relapsed back into the woes of bronchitis. She gave us an antibiotic and more Tylenol with Codeine.

We finished the antibiotic this past Monday and had a follow-up appointment with our regular pediatrician yesterday. Since she's still rattling and wheezing a bit, he's decided to refer us to a pulmonary specialist at Scottish Rite in Atlanta.

I'm trying not to freak out about this...she still isn't running any fever, is eating better than she ever has before and seems to feel good (she laughs and coos a lot). I guess you just think of really sick kids going to Scottish Rite and I don't want to think of Blair as being that sick. The pediatrician basically said that he'd tried the treatment he thought was best, the urgent care doctor tried the treatment she thought was best, and since neither of those treatments worked, he'd rather send Blair to the specialist rather than keep trying different treatments that may or may not work. I respect him for that - he isn't sure how to "fix" her so he is sending us to someone he thinks will be able to get the job done.

Our appointment with the pulmonologist isn't until April 18...please keep Blair in your prayers and we'll keep you posted!

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