Guest guest Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Val, Does the clinic do a throat culture on Torin at his 3 month visits? Abby's clinic does this everytime that we go in. I am not sure that all do though. Torin's weight sounds great. You must be doing a really good job. I wish that I lived closer. I'd come visit and take you and Torin to lunch. You said that he ate something that you cooked. What was it? Abby is a really good eater also. Gale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 To Val, Torin's mom, sounds like you guys had a good visit. That is about all they do when a child is too young for PFT's. Check his breathing, height, weight, ears, nose & throat, they usually check their pulse ox and look at their fingernails. You said you had no friends in the USA. Well we can't come to visit but you've got over 700 friends (I think that was the last number quoted) right here on cf parents! Feel free to lean on us. I wish we could be real life friends but this is better than no friends!! love to you and all cf parents, M Mom to Nick age 21 nocf and age 19 wcf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I speak English and sometimes have problems communicating in that language! Happy Shopping. The stores here in NY all opened between 5 and 6 AM............at 7:15 woke me to take him to the store to buy a CD - reward for 28 days of Tobi. YEAH!!!!!!!!! We are done w/ the Tobi today - not my dog....the inhalation treatment....... Rosemary in NY with 3 children (13, 11 and 7) with CF. I have a dog named TOBI and have coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 YEAH!!!-------- Well the good news is that your best friend is coming & you will have a wonderful time. & she will also help you too. Now that will take away a lot of your stress. It wont hurt to stop nursing now. He has had a really good start . It is the first child & easy for you & the colstrum at first is what helps them & their immune system . I nursed all five of mine & stopped each one when I was pregnant with the next one. I actually had 7 in the first 9 years I was married. I lost 2-- but I nursed all of them & they have done well. BUT-what the doctor is saying , now you need to be MOM & Val & take care of you & Torin & your hubby. You will see .Torin will eat fine & still grow great. AND you will also get back in shape & not be sad & depressed. Now is a good time as your friend is coming & you all . You-she-Torin can do fun things during the day too. She can help you , etc. Sooooooooooooo Have a wonderful evening & super weekend ahead. Start planning for your friends visit sorry its so long:) LOVE & HUGS, grandmomBEV torin's CF Clinic we went to the clinic yesterday. Torin was such a good boy...really serious but didn't fuss at all. They said that his weezing and cough could be becouse of the reflux or astma (sp?). They increase his pulmicort from .25 to .50 and he will take zantac twice a day 1.6ml. He should be ok. they didn't do any test...but I think next visit they will do it coz it will be 1 year since we went to the clinic for the first time. He just gain 1/2 pound this month but he is over the 50% to height...I believe 70%...and the " fat measure " increased too. Yesterday for the first time after he was a newborn he vomit a lot...like all his food ( 8oz of baby food)...I was so frustrated...he has been ok since then...but I am scared of feeding him...my mommy said it is normal...sometimes kids do it... Ah...my best friend is coming to visit me from Brasil...she will stay w/ us for 3 weeks...I will have someone to talk and help me...It will be so cool to have a best freind again... My dog, Freak, has a ear infection and I can't take him to the vet until friday...it makes me feel so guilt...I am spoilng him a lot but he is in pain and I blame myself coz I don't know how to drive and I need my husband to do it for my doggie. Friday we are going to see a house in my in laws city. We are trying to buy a house but it needs to be a house that do not need any big work to get the fHA loan. And it seems that all houses needs some work... My doctor wants me to stop breastfeeding coz they think I need antidepression (sp?) medicine...but I am not sure if it worths... I am having big mood swings and I thought it was hormonal balance problems...but when I told the doctor my son has CF she decided that I was depressed... Sorry for the long e-mail...but I just want to share a little bit w/ my friends on-line. hope everybody is ok...and those who I know that are not I keep them in my thoughts. love val mum to torin 1 yowcf , 31'' and 22lb 8oz ------------------------------------------- The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY be construed as medical advice. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENTS. ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 dont give up breast feeding, try Magnesium every day and vitex a herb to balance out your hormones, as long as you are not on the pill you can take it. Go and see a herbalist or something of the same and get your health back for the sake of you and your son. I went through the same thing as you depressed after my son and I am still breast feeding and now no depressed, I had to look after my self more. Take care Medical herbalist New Zealand torin's CF Clinic > we went to the clinic yesterday. Torin was such a good boy...really > serious but didn't fuss at all. > They said that his weezing and cough could be becouse of the reflux > or astma (sp?). They increase his pulmicort from .25 to .50 and he > will take zantac twice a day 1.6ml. He should be ok. they didn't do > any test...but I think next visit they will do it coz it will be 1 > year since we went to the clinic for the first time. > He just gain 1/2 pound this month but he is over the 50% to > height...I believe 70%...and the " fat measure " increased too. > Yesterday for the first time after he was a newborn he vomit a > lot...like all his food ( 8oz of baby food)...I was so > frustrated...he has been ok since then...but I am scared of feeding > him...my mommy said it is normal...sometimes kids do it... > Ah...my best friend is coming to visit me from Brasil...she will > stay w/ us for 3 weeks...I will have someone to talk and help > me...It will be so cool to have a best freind again... > My dog, Freak, has a ear infection and I can't take him to the vet > until friday...it makes me feel so guilt...I am spoilng him a lot > but he is in pain and I blame myself coz I don't know how to drive > and I need my husband to do it for my doggie. Friday we are going to > see a house in my in laws city. We are trying to buy a house but it > needs to be a house that do not need any big work to get the fHA > loan. And it seems that all houses needs some work... > My doctor wants me to stop breastfeeding coz they think I need > antidepression (sp?) medicine...but I am not sure if it worths... I > am having big mood swings and I thought it was hormonal balance > problems...but when I told the doctor my son has CF she decided that > I was depressed... > Sorry for the long e-mail...but I just want to share a little bit w/ > my friends on-line. > hope everybody is ok...and those who I know that are not I keep them > in my thoughts. > love > val > mum to torin 1 yowcf , 31'' and 22lb 8oz > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY > be construed as medical advice. > > PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENTS. > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Val, I am glad to hear that your friend is going to visit!!!! I think it might help all those mood swings, just having your best friend with you! That doc may be wrong just making the assumption that you are depressed because of Torin's CF. Of course you may be a bit depressed and maybe, now that he is a year old it is time to go ahead and stop the breast feeding. It is hard to know if you really need an antidepressant or not. I am all for them if the are necessary but if they are not really needed, why medicate yourself? I guess you are the only one who knows if you are really depressed or not. I hope all goes well with the house! torin's CF Clinic we went to the clinic yesterday. Torin was such a good boy...really serious but didn't fuss at all. They said that his weezing and cough could be becouse of the reflux or astma (sp?). They increase his pulmicort from .25 to .50 and he will take zantac twice a day 1.6ml. He should be ok. they didn't do any test...but I think next visit they will do it coz it will be 1 year since we went to the clinic for the first time. He just gain 1/2 pound this month but he is over the 50% to height...I believe 70%...and the " fat measure " increased too. Yesterday for the first time after he was a newborn he vomit a lot...like all his food ( 8oz of baby food)...I was so frustrated...he has been ok since then...but I am scared of feeding him...my mommy said it is normal...sometimes kids do it... Ah...my best friend is coming to visit me from Brasil...she will stay w/ us for 3 weeks...I will have someone to talk and help me...It will be so cool to have a best freind again... My dog, Freak, has a ear infection and I can't take him to the vet until friday...it makes me feel so guilt...I am spoilng him a lot but he is in pain and I blame myself coz I don't know how to drive and I need my husband to do it for my doggie. Friday we are going to see a house in my in laws city. We are trying to buy a house but it needs to be a house that do not need any big work to get the fHA loan. And it seems that all houses needs some work... My doctor wants me to stop breastfeeding coz they think I need antidepression (sp?) medicine...but I am not sure if it worths... I am having big mood swings and I thought it was hormonal balance problems...but when I told the doctor my son has CF she decided that I was depressed... Sorry for the long e-mail...but I just want to share a little bit w/ my friends on-line. hope everybody is ok...and those who I know that are not I keep them in my thoughts. love val mum to torin 1 yowcf , 31'' and 22lb 8oz ------------------------------------------- The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY be construed as medical advice. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENTS. ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Val, I think your biggest problem is being alone here. Is there anybody else from Brazil around? Is there an University nearby? Usually teh university may have a language program and a couple of teachers that speak portuguese, that's usually a good contact point. You need to try to learn how to drive, it will make all the differences in the world. In the winter you can bondle up Torin and take him to a mall, just to walk and see people, in the summer you can go to the zoo or a park. I live in Memphis, TN. home of Fedex and we get a lot of newly weds from Venezuela(pilots fly to Venezuela and marry there and bring their wives here) we have now a group of women from Venezuela and we meet once a month for coffee, etc. It helps a lot those girls that are here for the first time. One of them had a baby not too long ago and she was feeling very much like you until she found us. I wish you were closer, you know we could speak spanish and you would understand us. Love to you and keep the faith, > dont give up breast feeding, try Magnesium every day and vitex a herb to > balance out your hormones, as long as you are not on the pill you can take > it. Go and see a herbalist or something of the same and get your health > back for the sake of you and your son. I went through the same thing as you > depressed after my son and I am still breast feeding and now no depressed, I > had to look after my self more. > Take care > > Medical herbalist > New Zealand > torin's CF Clinic > > > > we went to the clinic yesterday. Torin was such a good boy...really > > serious but didn't fuss at all. > > They said that his weezing and cough could be becouse of the reflux > > or astma (sp?). They increase his pulmicort from .25 to .50 and he > > will take zantac twice a day 1.6ml. He should be ok. they didn't do > > any test...but I think next visit they will do it coz it will be 1 > > year since we went to the clinic for the first time. > > He just gain 1/2 pound this month but he is over the 50% to > > height...I believe 70%...and the " fat measure " increased too. > > Yesterday for the first time after he was a newborn he vomit a > > lot...like all his food ( 8oz of baby food)...I was so > > frustrated...he has been ok since then...but I am scared of feeding > > him...my mommy said it is normal...sometimes kids do it... > > Ah...my best friend is coming to visit me from Brasil...she will > > stay w/ us for 3 weeks...I will have someone to talk and help > > me...It will be so cool to have a best freind again... > > My dog, Freak, has a ear infection and I can't take him to the vet > > until friday...it makes me feel so guilt...I am spoilng him a lot > > but he is in pain and I blame myself coz I don't know how to drive > > and I need my husband to do it for my doggie. Friday we are going to > > see a house in my in laws city. We are trying to buy a house but it > > needs to be a house that do not need any big work to get the fHA > > loan. And it seems that all houses needs some work... > > My doctor wants me to stop breastfeeding coz they think I need > > antidepression (sp?) medicine...but I am not sure if it worths... I > > am having big mood swings and I thought it was hormonal balance > > problems...but when I told the doctor my son has CF she decided that > > I was depressed... > > Sorry for the long e-mail...but I just want to share a little bit w/ > > my friends on-line. > > hope everybody is ok...and those who I know that are not I keep them > > in my thoughts. > > love > > val > > mum to torin 1 yowcf , 31'' and 22lb 8oz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY > > be construed as medical advice. > > > > PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR > TREATMENTS. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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