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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Coughing....


Hailey's last bronchoscopy was on November 2....her lungs were clear!! YAY!! But since then, she has developed a very wet sounding cough. I'm trying not to get too paranoid. Her first bronch was on August 31st and her lungs were so bad that we were admitted right away. We stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks while she was getting IV antibiotics through her picc line. I just do not want another hospital stay!!! She is narrowly avoiding a g-tube right now. I'm hoping that her weight keeps going up and that she will not have to have one at all!
Some days, I feel like we are doing ok. Other days, I don't even know how to start the day. I feel so stressed out about everything! I hate this disease and what it is doing to my baby girl and our family.  I try to stay positive, but sometimes it's hard to do. Knowing what we're up against with this disease is tearing me apart inside.

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A little more about Hailey...


Hailey was born on August 9, 2007 by scheduled c-section. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long.

She was transferred to Children's Hospital at around 12 hours old, because her stomach was distended and she had not yet had her first bowel movement. They thought she may have had something called Hirschsprungs Disease.

We spent 8 full days in the NICU. Every test they ran came back negative. Finally she began to have bowel movements. We were told she was a perfectly healthy baby and were sent home on the 9th day. A week and a half later, her newborn screens came back positive for CF. A week later, at 3 weeks old, she had a positive sodium chloride test (sweat test)



Her Meds and High Calorie Drinks


Pancreatic Enzymes- about 9 a day. Which she swallows like a big girl :) And also 9 at night, crushed into her feed bag

Nasonex- once a day

Singulair- once a day

ADEKS- once a day

Albuterol- nebulized 3 to 4 times a day

Hypertonic Saline- nebulized once a day

Pulmozyme- nebulized once a day

Prevacid - 2 times a day

Boost Kids Essential 1.5 through her gtube.

Carnation Instant Breakfast Plus

Boost Resource

Vest Treatmenst- 3 to 4 times a day (24 minutes each time)


The vest vibrates and "pounds" against her back and chest to loosen mucas inside her lungs. This makes it easier to cough up the mucas. This is too help prevent lung infections.