Asthma is no fun for a little babe :(

       Riley has asthma and with that comes a lot of complications.  When she gets any sort of cold, it is like ten times worse because it's accompanied with asthma attacks. The Sunday before last Riley unfortunately caught the cold that had been battling.  Monday and Tuesday she battled a fever and that week we were up and down I the middle of the night trying to help her to sleep.  I had given her so much Tylenol I didn't know what to do anymore.  I took her to her Pediatrician who prescribed a couple different medicines for her, and at that point I was willing to try anything.  He wasn't going. To get better and the rate she was going because she wasn't getting much rest because of her cough.
    The inhaler we had was not doing the job because apparently the medicine just was not reaching her lungs. Friday rolled around and Riley was having such a hard time getting air that we took her to urgent care.  We realized that at this age, anxiety is something that makes the attacks worse, but that we cannot communicate with her to help her calm down.  Her cough was so consistent and she was getting freaked out and anxious which was restricting her airways even more that it would have just gotten worse if we didn't go in.  So needless to say we took her in, but now she has a nebulizer which really did the trick.  She started feeling better a week later and I have not used the treatment since Tuesday.  So thankful for modern medicine and when necessary taking advantage of it.  I am thankful we have those resources so that next time will not be as scary. We have just been thanking The Lord for his provision and his healing abilities on our little babe.
   One of the saddest moments was on Friday when she fell asleep in my arms because she felt so terrible.  If you know Riley, she is not one for affection or being cuddling; which is fine that is who she is.   So the fact that she fell asleep in my arms and drews arms that day truly says how sick she was; my poor baby.


Medicines used:

Albuterol  (inhaled)
Azythromycin
Prednisolone