I called the pulmonologist today to request copies of some of Monkey’s spirometry test results for his speech therapist, who had asked to see them.
I also asked about weaning Monkey off of all his asthma meds prior to our next appointment, so we can see what his breathing looks like without them. (I left a message with the nurse, who got back to me with his response.) He suggested that we keep him on the singulair, but take him off the advair. He said to stay on the Spiriva. I told the nurse that we hadn’t even tried the Spiriva yet. Since things are going well right now, I’m not inclined to do so. He also said to go off the Intal inhaler (monkey uses it before strenuous exercise) a week before his appointment. He wasn’t specific about when to go off the Advair but since he has only a few doses left, I don’t think we’ll start a new one. I’ll call again tomorrow to confirm what he wanted us to do regarding that, and whether he wants us to step down to the lower dose before stopping it all together.
I’ll be very interested to see what happens at the next pulmonologist appointment. I am of the opinion that Monkey probably does NOT have asthma along with the VCD, but we’ll need to be careful about jumping to that conclusion, of course.
