[Kimberj71]

Our oldest bio son has asthma. His first episode was when he was 21 months old. But he showed lots of signs before then...coughing after crawling really hard or fast, colds that lasted FOREVER, he had mild RSV when he was 3 months old. That coupled with the fact that his dad has had asthma since he was little and the fact that we live at a high altitude in Colorado, makes asthma all the more likely.

I know we have high rates for childhood asthma in Colorado. I'm not sure that they know why, though. Restricted Airway Disease, from what I understand, is simply asthma that is triggered by cold viruses. Asthma can be triggered by all sorts of things. Learning the triggers is the first step in improving the condition for your little one.

My son is on Singular regularly. When he gets a cold, we immediately start his steriod inhaler and if the cold has a lot of coughing we use his albueterol inhaler to open his airways. If we know we are going to be around some of his triggers...cats or dust, mainly...we give him an antihistamine. I am amazed at how awesome he is doing on this regime. And although it sounds like lots of medicine, in reality, the number and length of his colds has decreased immensly and he is doing great all around.

It's great that you saw a specialist. I know there are asthma docs up here who specialize just in the treatment of asthma and even pediatric asthma specialists.

Good luck with her treatments. I hope she's better soon!

Kim

Oops..I also wanted to add that it wouldn't surprise me if Jeremy ends up with asthma. He catches colds extremely easily and they last forever. He also just got over a bout of RSV where his oxygen level dropped, but didn't have to be hospitalized. Londy, on the other hand, seems to have the immune system of steel and rarely gets sick and it's usually very mild. I wish they could figure out the cause of asthma...the next step would be a cure and that would be awesome!