Friday, August 9, 2013
The Cough - Part III
The first plan of action was to start Luna on a round of antibiotics to help clear up the mucus and suspected bronchitis. We also took Luna off of the diuretic she was on for the suspected pulmonary hypertension. For now, we are keeping Luna on the prednisone and Theophylline, but we are going to be starting an inhaled bronchodilator.
Yep, Luna is going to need an inhaler!
We purchased a special mask used to administer the meds. I have no idea how this is going to go. Luna is a good girl, but I'm not sure she is going to like the mask.
Once Luna is on the inhaled steroid for 2 weeks, we will try to ween her off the prednisone. It takes a while for the inhaled steroid to build up in her body so we don't want to ween her off the prednisone to early.
I'll let you know how things go with the inhaler. I am hoping that it will be a much more effective treatment and will bring the little girl some relief from her pesky cough.
Have a great weekend!
Eileen
08/09/2013
O my, poor Luna. I can’t even imagine how you would put a mask on Luna. I have to chase Remy around the kitchen every day to put his harness on.I would love to see it though.You could do instructional videos.I hope it does the trick and Luna gets relief.Fingers crossed.