exhale... a little

CT came back clean, not cancer. We got the results the same day Madison did the chest CT, I'm bad at updating. Madison is still coughing, but she is sick too. Her fever was 102 on Monday so she had to stay home from school. She was really upset and promised that she would cover her mouth when she coughed so she didn't get the other kids sick. I explained that this is a different kind of sick and that temps over 100 = days home with mom. We watched Barbie Fashion Fairytale 5 times, no joke. It was so nice to spend the day lounging on the couch with her. 

So back to the cough, we were told that something in her room could be causing her to cough. I had her take the 50 stuffed animals that she sleeps with out of her bed. She is down to 2 that she just can't live without. I washed her sheets (2nd time this week, this time with baby detergent). I vacuumed her mattress and under her bed. I dusted all the wood part of her bed. And... she is still coughing. Dr M (ped) said that if she is still coughing this week to bring her back and she will refer Madison to a pulmonologist. I will see how she is doing Friday.  

holding my breath



 Madison had an appointment with her pediatrician today. She has been coughing every night for over a month now, but just at night. Dr M checked her breath sounds, did several breathing tests, gave her a breathing treatment, did another test, and everything came back normal. Madison does not have drainage, bronchial asthma, or anything else that Dr M tested for. So a chest CT was ordered, "just as a precaution". Madison did great getting through all the tests and the CT, and now we wait. And I worry. Mostly because I have read that one of the first place brain cancer spreads is to the lungs. I know that is what Dr M is testing for, I told her that I read too much online and ask if she is checking for spreading. (we don't say cancer, because Madison still does not know that she had cancer) Dr M said it was just a precaution, but yes that is what the test is for. I love that she is so cautious with my daughter, but really it's just a cough, just at night.... why does everything have to be a scare?