Hi all,
I really need some opinions regarding by 11.5 month old daughter. Holly was born at 38 weeks after being induced due to the fact that I had pre-eclampsia. She really struggled to get going and having been born at 6lb 6ozs dropped to 5lbs 8 ozs as she wouldn't feed. She always seemed to have a cough but we were told this was normal as their airways have to get used to breathing normal air and it can be quite irritating (Holly is my second child and I didn't experience any of these problems with my son Jack who is now approaching 4). Getting Holly to take milk was always difficult and at 8 weeks she had her first chest infection. After antibiotics she seemed to really pick up for about 3 months. She still coughed but it didn't seem problematic. In the middle of September when Holly was 5 months old she developed croup and this was the start of real problems with her breathing. Basically since then she has had very few days when she has not coughed until she is sick at least once and more often twice. She had pneumonia just before Christmas and has had two further chest infections since then. When she has chest infections she is sick three, four, fives, six times a day (I'm so sick of sick!) and when she doesn't she still coughs until she is sick once a day minimum. About a month ago we started asthma medication. The preventer medication does not seem to be helping at all and she is needed her reliever medication at least twice a day. The reliever medication seems to help a bit but she is chesty all of the time and I can't remember the last time I picked her up and she wasn't rattling. We do not have any problems at all with her digestive system as long as we can get food to stay in!!!
Our GP (we're in the UK) has now referred us to a Paediatrician who we are seeing tomorrow and is recommending that Holly be tested for CF. Given that she doesn't have any digestive symptoms, is there a chance that she could have CF? From your experiences does it sound like it could be CF to you? I think what is throwing me is that I, like most parents, usually have pretty good instincts about my children and this time round every part of me is saying that this could be the problem.
Thank you for your time.
Lianne
I really need some opinions regarding by 11.5 month old daughter. Holly was born at 38 weeks after being induced due to the fact that I had pre-eclampsia. She really struggled to get going and having been born at 6lb 6ozs dropped to 5lbs 8 ozs as she wouldn't feed. She always seemed to have a cough but we were told this was normal as their airways have to get used to breathing normal air and it can be quite irritating (Holly is my second child and I didn't experience any of these problems with my son Jack who is now approaching 4). Getting Holly to take milk was always difficult and at 8 weeks she had her first chest infection. After antibiotics she seemed to really pick up for about 3 months. She still coughed but it didn't seem problematic. In the middle of September when Holly was 5 months old she developed croup and this was the start of real problems with her breathing. Basically since then she has had very few days when she has not coughed until she is sick at least once and more often twice. She had pneumonia just before Christmas and has had two further chest infections since then. When she has chest infections she is sick three, four, fives, six times a day (I'm so sick of sick!) and when she doesn't she still coughs until she is sick once a day minimum. About a month ago we started asthma medication. The preventer medication does not seem to be helping at all and she is needed her reliever medication at least twice a day. The reliever medication seems to help a bit but she is chesty all of the time and I can't remember the last time I picked her up and she wasn't rattling. We do not have any problems at all with her digestive system as long as we can get food to stay in!!!
Our GP (we're in the UK) has now referred us to a Paediatrician who we are seeing tomorrow and is recommending that Holly be tested for CF. Given that she doesn't have any digestive symptoms, is there a chance that she could have CF? From your experiences does it sound like it could be CF to you? I think what is throwing me is that I, like most parents, usually have pretty good instincts about my children and this time round every part of me is saying that this could be the problem.
Thank you for your time.
Lianne