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Monday, April 13, 2009

BPD and CT

Lots of letters!  We ARE going to have the CT scan today – wahoo!  They just can’t tell me what time.   It’s 3PM, we still have a little time left before people start going home.  Yeah – I am thrilled.

The PA mentioned BPD to me.  Read about it here.  Doesn’t it sound exactly like Bella?  All the way down to the When to call the doctor (even the vomiting!).  I think we are on the right road!  Really it’s just me learning the right words to research – other names for BPD are chronic lung disease, which we already knew.  But it sounds like albuterol should be added to her list of meds.  I have been asked if she was on that several times.  And time.  Lots of time for her sick lungs.

2 comments:

My name is Sarah said...

This is Joyce. That is an excellent description of BPD. Probably the best I have ever seen in print. It does sound very much like what Bella is going through. I think I mentioned before that Sarah has been on Albuterol for the past eighteen years or so.

I hope the testing continues to go well and Bella is able to go home soon.

mommapainter said...

Bella could be a poster child for that couldn't she?