Guest guest Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Can you take her to a nose, throat and ear doc? Have her checked by them to see if there is something going on that the other doctors refused to check? ~ Thanks! Kim " The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. " - Blanchard ________________________________ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Kerrigan Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:14 AM Subject: cough Anyone else's child have a cough most of the time? When gets a cold, she continues to cough for a long time after the cold is gone. It sounds deep and horrible, but when I take her in, they listen and say " her lungs are totally clear. " Apparently, the hacking cough is coming more from her throat. We've tried a lot of things, but nothing works very well, and she just gets exhausted from coughing bouts. Over the years I've had to send in doctor's notes that she's not sick, let her come to school, etc. There are no other signs of illness, no fever, nose snot, vomiting or diareaha.... only thing she has been saying lately is her tummy hurts, but she's pointing to the area below her ribs, where you get really sore muscles from coughing a lot! This last bout has lasted a long time.... she had a cold around Thanksgiving, and has coughed on and off since then. It was getting better, but after her week at camp, it's really bad. We happened to be at a new encodrinologist yesterday, and I said " hey, check out her lungs " and she said " you bet, she sounds bad " and then after extensive listening, before, during, after coughing, she said the exact same thing that 3 different pediatrians have said over they years... " her lungs are totally clear.... it sounds higher, like in her throat. " I've been told to give her Benadryl (to dry it up), Sudafed (to loosen up the suspected post-nasal drip), OTC cough medicines, etc. Obviously, she can't go to school with Benadryl or cough meds (she falls asleep) and it doesn't seem like a good long term solution.... she'd be taking this stuff virtually all the time. Any suggestions or advice would be helpful.... she's tired, I'm tired (because we all know mom's can't sleep well when kids make noises at night!). Thanks, , mom to (14), (12 DS), and Sammy (10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 She saw a great ENT from age ~3 until last year. He did her TA at about age 4, and then a number of sets of ear tubes over the years. He was under the impression that it was not a problem. But, he was awesome, maybe we should go back for a visit! Doll, Kim L wrote: > > Can you take her to a nose, throat and ear doc? Have her checked by > them to see if there is something going on that the other doctors > refused to check? > > > > //~ Thanks! :)// > > > > **Kim ** > > > > " The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. " > - Blanchard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [mailto: ] > *On Behalf Of * Kerrigan > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:14 AM > *To:* > *Subject:* cough > > > > > > Anyone else's child have a cough most of the time? When gets > a cold, she continues to cough for a long time after the cold is gone. > It sounds deep and horrible, but when I take her in, they listen and say > " her lungs are totally clear. " Apparently, the hacking cough is coming > more from her throat. We've tried a lot of things, but nothing works > very well, and she just gets exhausted from coughing bouts. Over the > years I've had to send in doctor's notes that she's not sick, let her > come to school, etc. There are no other signs of illness, no fever, > nose snot, vomiting or diareaha.... only thing she has been saying > lately is her tummy hurts, but she's pointing to the area below her > ribs, where you get really sore muscles from coughing a lot! > > This last bout has lasted a long time.... she had a cold around > Thanksgiving, and has coughed on and off since then. It was getting > better, but after her week at camp, it's really bad. We happened to be > at a new encodrinologist yesterday, and I said " hey, check out her > lungs " and she said " you bet, she sounds bad " and then after extensive > listening, before, during, after coughing, she said the exact same thing > that 3 different pediatrians have said over they years... " her lungs are > totally clear.... it sounds higher, like in her throat. " > > I've been told to give her Benadryl (to dry it up), Sudafed (to loosen > up the suspected post-nasal drip), OTC cough medicines, etc. Obviously, > she can't go to school with Benadryl or cough meds (she falls asleep) > and it doesn't seem like a good long term solution.... she'd be taking > this stuff virtually all the time. Any suggestions or advice would be > helpful.... she's tired, I'm tired (because we all know mom's can't > sleep well when kids make noises at night!). > > Thanks, > , mom to (14), (12 DS), and Sammy (10) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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