More testing completed this week.
He just finished wearing the heart monitor. He thought he was Iron Man wearing all the wires. I guess once a sci-fi junkie, always a sci-fi junkie!
We had more testing done this week, including a blood gas draw which is slightly painful. It goes into the artery in the wrist, through the muscle to monitor the oxygen levels in the blood.
Our insurance does not have a pulmonologist for us to see, so we are waiting to hear from their rep as far as how they are going to take care of getting us into one. ugh!! I don't enjoy the insurance game.
As of now, the only treatment is to use an inhaler four times a day to open his lungs and help him breathe.
We go back to see the cardiologist next Thursday and we have an appointment with an ENT doc to discuss the asthma options. I'm not convinced we really need to see the ENT but with the problems regarding the pulmonologist, I guess it's better than nothing. So we'll see.
Thanks again for your prayers for Josh. He really is an amazing kid.
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John & Michelle-so glad to see that you have a blog, too. I'm sorry to hear about everything going on with Joshua & will keep him and your family in my prayers!
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