Downhill

Back home and in pediatrician’s office – both boys have a horrible seal barking cough – turns heads everywhere – Doctor said he had actually never heard a cough like this. Coleman (oldest) had finished his steroid dose of 5 days and I foolishly agreed that he should do more, so we amped the dose of orapred to 4 teaspoons daily and he took steroids a total of about 13 days. Spencer also took a 5-day course of steroids. Both boys started using pulmicort and xoponex. This marks the beginning of the downhill slide. Both doctor and mom suspect cough-variant asthma. Doc says we should see Dr. Mollen as an allergist “looking over our shoulder”