In case you haven't already heard about Emily, here is the story. On Monday, two weeks ago, Emily starting coughing, nothing major but by 11 pm it had turned into wheezing and painful, labored breathing. I went back and forth on taking her to the emergency but when she finally fell asleep at midnight, I decided to just wait until morning. Tuesday morning I called the doctor's office to make an appointment and they told me to come in as soon as possible because it sounded like she needed a breathing treatment. When we got there, they checked her breathing level and it was really low so they gave her a breathing treatment. They put her on a steroid and told me I needed to buy a nebulizer so we could continue breathing treatments at home. The doctor thought her breathing problems might be a result of asthma brought on by the storms we had been having. She wanted us to come back on Wednesday for a follow-up. Wednesday they took some blood from Emily and found out her white blood count was high and she had crackling in her lungs. The doctor thought it might be pneumonia and sent us to have her x-rayed. They also gave her 2 shots of an antibiotic. That night the doctor called and let us know the x-ray was clean which meant it wasn't pneumonia. She wanted us to come back on Thursday but since she isn't in on Thursday we had to see her co-doctor. Thursday was really frustrating because the doctor couldn't compare her breathing to anything so she didn't know for sure if Emily was getting better or worse. She said she wanted us back on Friday but after seeing my facial expression said it wasn't necessary to come back until Tuesday unless she had a fever. Tuesday we went back to the doctor and her lungs sounded clear. The doctor said she is more convinced it is asthma related. We are supposed to keep her on Singulair (a long-term allergy medicine) for 6 weeks and then go back for a follow-up.
So as of right now we are not sure what she has but she has been healthy and well for about a week.