Well, it's off to a new year and finally off to the pulmonologist we went. We made an appt. for the kids in December and today was our appointment. They both struggle with the croup often and after asking enough questions, our pediatrician recommended we visit a pulmonologist to make sure it is nothing chronic. Thankfully, it is not! Unfortunately though, both kids do have asthma. Tomorrow a home health care will be delivering us a breathing machine for Turner with directions on how to use it. In the future, we are going to try and get the kids over the croup without the use of steroids. That was one our main concerns. At only 11 months, Turner has already had them 5 or 6 different times and Maddie much more than that. It affects their little personality and we hated to give it to them. We will give Maddie her inhaler and do breathing treatments for Turner. This won't necessarily help with their barking, but it will help make sure that they are breathing easy! I hate that they have asthma, but am relieved that it was nothing else.
On a positive note, Maddie weighed in at 31 lbs and is 3 feet, 1 inch tall. Turner was a whopping 21.7 lbs and 29 inches tall. They are both up in height and weight from their last visit early December. I guess the holidays were good to all of us:) We will go back to this doctor in April for a check up, and more than likely just see the Asthma/Allergy doctor after that.
Other than that the new year is treating us well. Kevin and I have a date set for Friday night while the kids go to Mimi and Boo Boo's. They are predicting snow tonight and Saturday we have a dinner/playdate set up with some of our good friends. So, we are looking forward to the rest of the week and I will post more soon!!
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