Tuesday afternoon I drove my family to Portland. Lori and I dropped Zane off with his grandma and took Luke to Doernbecher Children's Hospital to see a Pulmonary Specialist Doctor (Dr. Wall). Luke has a had a wheeze in his breathing since birth and a couple times he has had more difficult time breathing.
The doctor diagnosed it as Infant Asthma, which could still disappear after Luke's second winter. Infant Asthma in Luke's case is probably brought on by common viruses (colds) being passed around during the school year (not that he is in school - it's simply that when kids are in school - stuff is passed around to us all more readily).
The medication he has prescribed will be a whole lot easier for Lori to administer. No more nebulizer... he gave us an adaptor to use with a regular inhaler. So the treatments will take only a few minutes rather than 20 minutes of holding him down with a mask on his face.
So over all we are satisfyed with the doctor visit. We would rather not have to do the meds as they are expensive, but whatever is best for the boy.
We continue to pray that he will grow out of this and will have normal breathing soon.
Thanks for your prayers.
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