Our 10 year old daughter has asthma. She is currently on: Flovent 2x2, Albuterol 2x4, Intal 2x2, and Singulair at night. She finished a 5 day course of Orapred 3 weeks ago for the same cough that she has now.
Right now she is coughing until she throws up. She coughs a lot during the day, but at night it's worse. She coughs for about 4-5 hours straight, and throws up about 3-4 times/night. Although I have seen her in much worse distress, ie, not able to talk, retracting, etc, this is still very concerning. I don't know what else to do for her. We all feel so helpless, and the ped wants to put her back on the Orapred (it would be the 4th time in about 5 months). I really don't want her back on that if at all possible.
Last time when we were into the ped's office, she said if this happens again, she might send her to a ped pulmo. Is this constant terrible coughing common with asthma? What can we do for her? I've been told that maybe she should have lung testing done; would that tell us if this is asthma and would it help? I want to *prevent* this, and not just try to fix it once it becomes a problem.
I'm looking for any advice, help, suggestions, ideas, or what ever you could offer me. Thank you.
A very tired Mom of 3 girls, Liz