Sunday, April 15, 2012

Good News, Bad News

We headed South for spring break and enjoyed some fun in the sun.  My almost six year old decided it was time to swim without floaties, and spent about four hours each day swimming which proved to build up quite the appetite each evening.  One night he ate six slices of pizza, and neither we nor the waitstaff could believe our eyes as he scarfed it down.  We were pretty laxed on this trip, letting him eat most anything he wanted within reason and we also weren't very stringent on taking the daily dose of Flovent for asthma control.  The doctor has told us in the past that it's ok to take a break and see how things go.

The good news is that the eczema has been non-existant, and while we were on our trip there were no bouts of asthma.  However the bad news is that after we arrived home he was wheezing within an hour.  The house had been closed up for a week and the air seemed a bit heavy, which my husband made mention of, too.  Then three days later while at a birthday party he ate the frosting off a store bought cupcake that had a zillion bad ingredients in it, and I noticed him scratching followed by wheezing.  A dose of benedryl cleared him up.

We'll get back into our routine of making sure he gets at least one dose of Flovent a day.  I also snagged a cupcake to go so we'll try a NAET treatment for that as well.  He did do a treatment recently for 'muscous membranes.' I know he's so very relieved that the itching has subsided, but I'd much rather have the asthma vanish forever.  Nothing is scarier than watching your child struggle to breathe.

3 comments:

  1. Please update after you treat him for the frost.
    You are very right - Nothing is scarier than watching the child struggle to breathe. I truly hope, the asthma will vanish forever.

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  2. What kind of treatments are you referring to? I have a 3 year old with terrible eczema. We still haven't found the core cause and have tried all kinds of diets.

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  3. Our pediatrician recommended that we try an alternative treatment called NAET for my son's chronic and severe eczema. It's been a slow, but gradual and continuous progress and he's doing really well these days. This blog goes into detail about NAET and there are other NAET blogs to the right. I'm sorry your 3 year old suffers, I hope you can find the answers you need.

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