Ceilidh has her first sickness of the school year... UPDATE NP

Nebulizers are SO much easier IMO....I would ask for one if this is going to be an ongoing thing

Poor baby At least she got to trick or treat, but still, she has been through so much. I will say a prayer for her.

I am so hoping this isn't going to be an ongoing thing! She has had many coughs/colds, but this has been a first to turn into bronchitis (or start to turn to bronchitis). The aerochamber wasn't covered by our insurance and cost us over $50, so I would hate to see how much a nebulizer will cost if insurance won't cover it (if we needed it, we would get it tho, not an issue). She's getting much better with the aerochamber. Barely a whimper out of her this morning when we had to do it.

She's feeling a bit better today. I think her fever finally broke during the night. I gave her motrin at 12:00AM, so was allowed more around 6AM, but has been normal so I'm just going to wait and see how it goes for a couple hours before I really believe the fever is gone! Her nose is still running horribly and she's sneezing alot, so she's still pretty miserable. She's still coughing pretty bad, so it looks like I'll be having to send her puffer and aerochamber to preschool tomorrow with her (as well as her antibiotic). And she's actually eating!! She has barely eaten anything since she got sick, maybe 2 very very small meals a day). She also hardly ate any halloween candy. I would let her have some even if she only ate a little bit of real food, and it would still take her the whole day to finish the treat she had picked out (once was a chocolate sucker, and the other one was a small bag of chips). She's also acting herself, which is great!! I am so hoping that once she gets a normal amount of food into her, she'll be much much better.

Thanks everyone for listening!

Dawn, if you havent tried saline spray (just put a few drops in her nose, you dont have to 'spray' it in there) it will help ALOT with killing the bacteria. I swear by the stuff. We usually use it exclusivly unless the sneezing is just out of control or the drainage is so bad we have to use a 'drying' agent.

and my kids (especially Matt) get a cough every year. to the point that he sounds like he has whoopin cough. seriously. The school used to freak out. Poor thing cant go hunting, cant sleep, nothing. and sounds like a old man. but alergy meds help. and he only takes them periodically. its the drainage that gets him.

I'm glad to hear she's a bit better, even though she's a long way from well. Hopefully, the worst is over.