Our little girl got a cold over a month ago, and we took her to the doctor to be checked out in early December. Most of her cold symptoms seemed to get better over the next few weeks and she slowly became less stuffy in her nose, but unfortunately her congested-sounding cough has persisted.
I took her to the doctor again today so that the doc could listen to her breathing and determine if anything else was going on. She still heard some intermittent wheezing, so we gave her another breathing treatment with albuterol in a nebulizer. Dr Colyer decided to check Elise's white blood cell count to see if it was elevated. If so, that could indicate that pneumonia is present. This involved taking several drops of blood from Elise's heel (not fun for anyone involved). Although the results were in the "normal" range, the doc felt that they were elevated enough to order a chest x-ray. So, we were sent to the local Urgent Care Center for a chest x-ray on our little one. It took three people (I was one of them) to hold Elise down so that she was still enough for the x-ray picture to be clear. She did great, though! She wasn't fussy at all; she was just a wiggle worm!
Before we'd left the doctor's office, we were given a nebulizer to bring home and ordered to give Elise breathing treatments every 4-6 hours for the next few days and to return on Friday for a follow-up.
This afternoon the doctor called and said that Elise's x-ray came back clear and her lungs look perfect! Thank you Jesus!!! So, after a whirlwind day of tests, x-rays, and breathing treatments, my little girl still has the same diagnosis as before - bronchiolitis - and it just seems to be taking it's good ole' time leaving her body. If she's still coughing like this on Friday, the doctor mentioned that she might prescribe a steroid medication to help. We are praying that this won't be necessary and that Elise will start feeling much better very soon. Please join us in praying for our precious tiny one!
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