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Originally Posted by Maximo  Poor Ashley! Do you recall Lisa if she had medicine that finally ended the coughing? I'm sure you were very concerned like I am. It is very disconcerting to see them gagging or coughing and worrying that they are choking. |
Her trachea got badly irritated, and I was afraid that she was not going to survive it with the amount of coughing and struggling to breathe. She initially had a cortisone shot and chinese herbs,, and they helped but not enough. Once her doctor came back from China and was able to treat her, he put her on a prescription cough medication. I believe he gave her hydrocodone, and it worked immediately to break the cycle of coughing. I can check to make sure if you need me to. I can't bring myself to throw anything of hers away. As she got older, Ashley had collapsing trachea, but this was the only time that I was really frightened from it. I hope Max gets better soon, It breaks my heart when they are sick.