Pulmonology Appointment

Sunday evening Junior thought we needed a little extra fun and started running a fever. A little Motrin took care of it and it didn't come back but his asthma showed up big time. He was in his bipap sleeping but was wheezing loudly and his airway was starting to constrict. I didn't want to take off the bipap so put his neb into the bipap circuit. His nebulizer machine doesn't have the power to do this so we used a Y connector to put two oxygen tanks together. That did it(running a tank at 6 liters is perfect but our tanks regulator only goes to 5 liters) and doing the neb while on bipap really helped push those meds deep in his lungs. Had to get up a a few times to do this, goodness I hope the pollen and weather change go away in a hurry.
Monday morning we headed to the pulmo office. At this point it looks like the fever was just a reaction to the impending asthma episode. It is clear his asthma has changed so we spent quite a bit of time talking about a new plan. If we can get insurance approval we will be trying Hypertonic Saline with him. This is a nebulizer treatment that helps loosen the mucous in his lungs and also irritates the lungs to make him cough. She is also having us try a nasal spray since Junior has started snorting quite a bit when he breathes. She suspects it is a sinus thing and he is having some drainage causing irritation. We also discussed using an IPV for nebulizer treatments but will first see how the Hypertonic Saline works for him.
Not sure whats in the air this year but it seems everyone(even in other states) is having an extra hard time with their asthma.
Please continue to keep Junior in your prayers as we work to figure out the best plan to deal with his asthma.