2/2/15

Sunday came with a visit from Grammy and Grandpa. We put on a  movie and hung out for a couple of hours. 

Afterwards, we watched the Super Bowl. Of course. Go Patriots! It pains me to say that but ya know what? I will never root for the Seahawks. Ever. EVER. 

Nothing much has happened so far this week. We did have a Dr. appt for Paige on Monday afternoon. For the first time ever, we took her out of school early, by only an hour. She thought that was pretty neat. We took her in for some lung function tests to determine whether or not she actually has asthma. It has been a question for several years but she was never old enough to do it. There is no set age, but it definitely requires effort so having the discipline to do it is key...otherwise it's pointless to do. 

There was an image of a birthday cake with candles on the computer. Paige had to blow into this tube and blow out all of the candles in ONE breath. She had to do it 3 times for the first part of testing. It took her 13 times to get the minimum 3. Then, they gave her a single dose of albuterol and had her wait 15 minutes. After that, she needed to do the test again, with 3 more successful attempts. She did all 3 consecutively after that. 

I got a call about the results today and her lung function was normal, per the pulmonologist who read the results. That doesn't mean a whole lot though to us because she only has issues when she is exercising, and the dr had guessed that this might happen. So, based on symptoms alone, she came home with 2 albuterol inhalers. One for home and one for school. She will use the one at school 15 minutes before her 1st recess in the morning and then again, 15 minutes before, on the days that she has PE in the afternoon. 

Paige has noticed a big improvement already in the last couple of days. Now we are discussing whether or not she needs Flovent (a steroid) to take morning and night. The albuterol is a rescue inhaler and isn't meant for constant use. It is possible that the Flovent could help reduce the use of albuterol. I am to get back in touch with her doctor on Friday to discuss this more. While I'm not happy about this diagnosis, I am happy that she can get help and not have to quit the activities she loves so much. 

I hope you are all having a nice week!