Burke got off his 3 week dose of antibiotics for the H Flu last Thursday. By Monday morning he woke up with a flaming cold, congestion, cough, runny nose. BLAH! Which means that that certain antibiotic did not completely get rid of all the H Flu present in his body. We luckily had his 3 week post-op appointment with Dr. Beck who did his tongue clipping surgery and found the H Flu in his airways. She ordered a CT scan in her office of his sinuses. We went. Burke was a CHAMP! We went back up stairs for the results and she discovered his sinuses completely packed with infection! That means that this H Flu has attacked his sinuses and we have been treating it like it originally attacked his airways. It probably attacked his sinuses and the leakage has drained into his airways!
The solution: Another 3 week dose of a different antibiotic. Two different prescription steroid nasal sprays to help control inflammation in his sinuses. Still continuing the breathing treatments (two times a day) while wheezing continues in his upper airways. Will stop those when no wheezing is present. I have Mucinex on hand for "yucky junk" in his airways making him cough and gag. All those meds. are given daily not to mention the 3 heart medications he is currently still on for his heart.
There you have it. The shortest blog post I have ever typed regarding Burke's health.
Oh, did I mention Burke was also up for 4 hours in the middle of last night for WHO KNOWS WHY!?? Yeah, mama ain't so happy about that!
Here's little brother with the big sister. They are awesome and I love them so much.
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Okay- looking at the post completed, it doesn't appear to be as short as I tried. It is pretty hard to write a short post about Burke's health. There is just no short way to say all that he goes through. I tried. The end.
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