A is for Asthma

Poor little Owen has been sick with a cold. Usually when he gets a cold we pull out the nebulizer and give him some albuterol for a few days. This time it has been different. We have had to give him albuterol every 4 hours and it wasn't helping like it should. This is his second cold in 2 weeks so his lungs are really inflamed. We realized that the albuterol wasn't working it's magic so we made an appointment to see his doctor. I asked if it was too soon to diagnosis him with Asthma and Dr. Guessnar said that it was exactly what he was thinking. So we left that appointment with an asthma diagnosis and a prescription for Pulmicort. Dr. Guessnar is hoping that since it's not activity or allergy induced that he may only need to take it daily during the cold and flu season. Poor little guy!! I was hoping he would avoid the same fate that his mommy and daddy had when they were little!!