Confessions of a Youth Minister and CF Mom : Increase Chest PT

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Increase Chest PT

I shouldn't have blogged about fall and cooler temps. Cayden's coughing (and so much that it's been waking him in the night), I have a cold starting, and Cooper has a cough. Our family motto at times such as this is: "if there's a cough, increase Chest PT"!

Last night Nana (my mom) surprised the kids with pizza from Rocky's. She came to help with laundry (if I could hire someone to fold it all, I totally would!) while I worked on last minute kickball details. We taped the kids doing treatments (phew: there's no way I could do it by myself) so we can hopefully run some footage during the tournament on a projector screen. It was so sweet, Colin even wanted a "turn" on the vest. Of course we let him because he thinks its normal (poor kid!).

2 more days until kickball. Prayers for great weather and good times!

A picture of my CF sweetie pies. This will definitely make my black and white collage wall...

1 comment:

The Blackburn BuzzSeptember 24, 2010 at 6:12 AM
Such a sweet photo.

Have a great weekend! I know it will go off without a hitch - kudos to you! I know you put a ton of work into it!

Here's for prayers that the cough goes away ... thinking about you!
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Current Meds

Cayden

RespiTech Vest
(airway clearance)

Azithromycin

Ursodiol

Pancreatic Enzymes-Creon 12,000
(4 with meals, 2-3 with snacks)

Pulmozyme 1x daily
(nebulizer)

Source CF chewable vitamin
(bubble gum or grape flavored)

Vitamin D

Ensure Plus (2-3 a day)

Trinity

Zantac

Vitamax liquid vitamin

Pancreatic Enzymes-Creon 12,000
(3 with meals and snacks)

Pulmozyme 1x daily
(nebulizer)

Hypertonic Saline 2x daily
(nebulizer)

Vitamin D

Pediasure Supplement Shakes (2-3 a day)

Cooper
Manual chest therapy
(airway clearance)

Vitamax liquid vitamin

Omeprozal

Pancreatic Enzymes-Creon 6000
(4 with meals and snacks)

Vitamin D

***It's also quite normal that all three would be on some form of antibiotic for 10-14 days.

This is my husband Chris. We met nearly a decade ago at a church retreat. I knew I was going to marry him the day I met him (no joke). We immediately fell in love and found that we had nearly everything in common. We started a list of those things and to do this day I still have the list. Ironically, we also both have genetic mutations for cystic fibrosis. When we were married for just 6 short months we went through a house fire. He rebuilt our lives (and a new home) literally from the ground up in just 6 short months. He is my best friend, a wonderful father, and he gets me through the tough days with his wittiness and sense of humor.

Colin "CW" short for "Colin William" was born in Jan of 2007. Weighing in at 10 lbs even he tipped the scales (and our hearts). 7 days later we received negative results on a sweat test. After praying much to John Paul the Great, we claim Colin to be a miracle of JPII's intercession. Colin is shy and a follower. He religiously carries 3 silky blankets affectionately called his "blue b's" with him everyone he goes (think Linus from Charlie Brown). He says "my" instead of "I" in all of his sentences. He adores being a little brother.