Mya's not doing good with her asmah - no longer can stay at my parents.

luvbug00 wrote: Long story short mya has been home from school for over a week because of her asmah. she has been on the nebulizer aka nebbie for every 4 hours. It all is atributed to my parents cat. So we can't stay there any longer so we need to go back to brads house and then i need to figure what I'm gonna do in may because i will be homeless then unless i figure somthing out quick or me and lars get married by then wich i highly doubt will happen. sooo, I'm doomed.

Calimama replied: Is there anyway you could ask your parents to get rid of the cat? It might be a stretch but it would be better than you being homeless... My sister had to get rid of their cat because my nephew has the same asthma problems.

cameragirl21 replied: Nadia, I have really bad asthma and I'm allergic to cats so I can totally sympathize. I've found having a cat has helped me overcome the allergy tremednously first of all.
Try putting her on singulair, it works wonders and try keeping the cat away from her...it will require regular vacuuming and cleaning of her room but eventually she'll overcome it.
if you haven't tried singulair, give it a shot before moving...another good thing to try is Claritin.
GL asthma is no fun.

luvbug00 replied: My dad said he would but my mom said NO! she doesn't believe mya has asmah or asmah even exsits. same with the allergies she thinks I'm being overdramatic.

etd:
Jennifer, Mya is currently on zertec,patonal,flonaze,albutoral,advir and an epi pen for her allergy to apples. I have tried the others listed and it didn't help. she also gets 3 shots of allergens every monday. she now is also on the nebi and can't use her albudroal or advir because she would have too many seteriods in her system. being arround the cat is just killing her.shes miserable

PrairieMom replied: Okay, (let me slip into my scrubs for a second...) LOL

Is Maya on a inhaled steroid? like Advair or Flovent? if not, than I would get her on one of those ASAP. What kind of medication is she using in her nebulizer? Albuterol can have a rebound effect if you take to much of it, and can acutally CAUSE asthma Attacks. There is a newer drug out there called Xopenex, which is the same as Albuterol, but doesn't do that.

I would also, Keep Maya's door closed, with the cat out. Vacuum often, get an air purifier and put it by her bed. Getting her on a allergy med is also a good idea.

PrairieMom replied:
Okay. WHAT? is she on some oral steroid like Prednisone or something like that?

How often is she using her neb, and how often is she using her inhalers?

C&K*s Mommie replied: Good advice from Tara. I hope you can get it all worked out, and that you will not be homeless at all.

cameragirl21 replied:
wow, i didn't realize her allergies were bad enough for an epi, that is rough.
just fyi, I take flovent (which i prefer to advair but they are similar) and albuterol when I'm on my nebulizer treatments, it's never been a problem for me but if her doc told you to get off them then obviously the doc knows best.
the albuterol is non steroid, btw, but it's just a weaker version of the nebbie so there's no need for the two...too much can also make her faint.
hmmmm, is it possible for you to move in with a friend, like as roommates? or is it possible for your parents to confine the cat to one room of the house?
there is another option, but it's a bit extreme--you can put one of those hospital masks on her to wear around the house, it's hot and not super comfortable but it traps and keeps out all allergens. maybe at least try that until you move so that she can breathe well enough to go to school.
wish you lived here, my asthma doc is one of the leading specialists in the nation.
take care.

PrairieMom replied:
I may not know much, but I do know about breathing problems.

luvbug00 replied: Tara,

she does her albudorl for rescue only and that has been once a day at least for the past week and a half. the advir is twice a day morning and night. she is on xertec for the allergies and patonal ( eye drops) and flonase( nose junk) in the morning.

the oral steriods are in one of the meds in the nebi and she gave her another today. she has 2 nebi meds and one liquid steriod taken oraly. they were measureing some pulse..somthing or other on her and her # was like 83 and then 93 and 94. when they did the first one they were like this can't be right ..she'd be dead! special

as far as location. I don't have many friends, and most are married and families of their own. essentally my dad would be ok with ditching the cat or somthing like that but my mom is like cat was here first. she's a b..

PrairieMom replied:
Okay. you must be talking about a pulse ox where they measure her oxygen level in the clinic? 83 isn't good. but she wouldn't be dead.

If she is getting 2 meds in her neb it must be albuterol and atrovent? or maybe albuterol and Pulmicort?

Inhaled steroids are the kind of thing that need to be taken every day or they won't work. They also need to be taken for a few days before they start working.

I feel so bad for the poor girl, I have been in her shoes, she must be feeling horrible. I would love to help, but its difficult to help over the internet.

Does she do peak flows? and what kind of a Dr are you seeing? is it a Ped, or an allergist?

Sunflower04 replied: Hi - I don't sign on much but my son has asthma and with the meds he is on it is controlled...

When asthma is bad he takes Pulmicort in am & pm, Xopenex in am & pm, Singular ( at night), flonase at night and zertec at night. With taking these med strictly he never has an asthma attack.

He is currently just taking the singular and flonase...

We also went to a asthma specialist told us to get a peak flow meter which you can buy at CVS and it is used to indicate early warning signs for asthmatic attacks. When my son is healthy he blows a 160-140, when getting sick 130-120 and below he is sick and so we can tell when his meds need to be upped.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

Kaitlin'smom replied: well I hope you dont have to move back to Brads, and that you can work something out.

redchief replied: I'm sorry you're having a rough time of it Nadia. It might help give you somewhat of a positive outlook for the future if you know that most food sensitivities diminish (not always, but most of the time).

Info.: Epinephrine auto-injectors are prescribed to nearly everyone with food or insect allergies due to the high incidence of exposure in the environment and because those allergies tend to lead to other, previously unknown allergies, but mostly because anaphalactic reactions are more common in these types of allergies. Epi-Pens are only rarely prescribed for environmental allergies like dust, dander and pollen, with the exception of molds, which can be deadly.