Friday, January 18, 2008

Nebulizer *Update*

When Sam was about a month old I began having troubles with coughing and wheezing, general trouble breathing. After months of doing this and that, acupuncture, herbs, medications....I was diagnosed with mild asthma. While in Washington I was able to keep it under control with the occasional use of my inhalers and massage. 
When we first moved here to Michigan we went camping in the U.P. I had a cold that turned into nasty bronchitis after a bad rainstorm and my asthma has been terrible ever since.
Yesterday my amazing doctor prescribed me a nebulizer breathing machine to be used three times a day. It is not fun to use, but it seems to be helping. So what you see below is how I now check my email and blogs, every 4-6 hours. It is loud and sort of sounds like I am Darth Vader and it takes about 15 minutes to complete. 

*Update* My chest x-rays came back positive for pneumonia. So I'll be on meds for 2 weeks and hopefully that will do it. My blood tests haven't come back yet, nor has the sputum results.

3 comments:

Queen of Scatterville said...

oh yuck! I hope you feel better soon. I know it's no fun having breathing issues!

Anonymous said...

Oh mama, that doesn't look (or sound) like fun...but I'm so glad that it is helping. Hope you are on the mend very soon!!
xoxoxoxo
jane

Amanda said...

Thanks ladies! THe nebulizer coupled with the meds are helping lots.

xoxox A.

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