Diagnosis

Mommy took Trey to the doctor last week for a long-overdue appointment to see about his cough. For months now, Trey has had a reoccurring cough that bothers him at night and at nap time. He also coughs a lot while running around (although he doesn't let it stop him!). In this way, it's a lot like the cough that Mommy had struggled with her entire life. As a child, Mommy suffered with a lot of respiratory infections, and every time she was sick, it ended up in her chest. As an adult, she has suffered with a chronic cough. But it was only a few years ago that Mommy was officially diagnosed with a mild form of asthsma. We were worried that Trey had the same.

After explaining all of Trey's symptoms to the doctor, he said that although a 20-month-old was a little too young to diagnose with asthsma, that's sure what it sounded like. In fact, the doctor wrote the diagnosis of "asthsma" on a couple official forms that day. The doctor gave Trey two different inhalers to use: one short term (to get rid of the cough now) and one long-term (to help with his condition overall). We are hopeful that the inhalers will help Trey get rid of his awful cough.

We hadn't seen Trey's regular doctor since his 15-month check-up because the doctor told us there was no need for an 18-month check-up, and he hasn't been available for the couple of times Trey has been sick since then. We love his regular doctor, so it was nice to see him for a short visit and have a mini-well check-up. Asthsma aside, the doctor was very pleased with Trey's progress and everything he has learned so far. We'll see him next for Trey's 2-year check-up, unless Trey has another sick visit in the meantime (fingers crossed!!).