Pulmonologist appointment

Today we had our check up with Kaylie's pulmunologist. We go every two to three months and thankfully the last time we went he was able to see her in very sick. Because of this we have been adjusting many of her meds in an attempt to get her healthy, keep her healthy, and avoid the G-Button.

For the most part she has been sick all but 2 weeks since our last visit. Thankfully, it was the last two weeks which overlapped into our spring break =). It wasn't until yesterday we started to get sick again. I will take that!

A lot of why she is sick is due to her low immunity. When you watch your child stick her fingers in the dog's water bowl and then immediately put them in her mouth you can't help but know exactly why she is sick. She is a true toddler.

After talking with the doctor about how much she sleeps, her snoring, her constant runny nose, and the fact that she has tubes he asked if she had her tonsils and adenoids. Since she does he asked if we would want to do a sleep study. A sleep study would show if she is restricting air flow/having apnea's while she is sleeping. If she is we do not have a choice and have to take them out. If she is not then we will leave it up to our ENT to make the decision. Our pulmunologist feels that with all of her respiratory issues this is might be a solution to some of her issues.

None of what he discussed with us was a surprise. We have been waiting for someone to bring up both the sleep study and I had actually planned to ask the ENT when we saw him next what would cause us to look at her for tonsil/adenoid removal.

She will have her sleep study on Wednesday. Other than having to be there over night and having to hook Kaylie up to a bunch of wires it is nothing major. The benefit of doing this will provide us with a lot of needed information. The pulmunologist feels that with all of her colds and respiratory infections she is most likely not sleeping well and causing herself to burn more calories.