Re: a.m. congestion--any suggestions?

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There are several things you could try...

Is he on albuterol and saline breathing treatments? Run them more often. Give

him a couple at night while he is asleep. What about a nice steamy bath with

's Baby Vapor bath (the green bottle). I pull the cutain closed when we

give one of these to get it nice and steamy. This opens Patti (3 wcf) up quite

a bit. We had to stop tilting the bed as she always ended up the other way

around. :-) Instead we give her an angled pile of pillows to sleep on, or she

will sleep propped up on the arm of the couch, or my arm if she ends up in our

bed.

Dawn mom of 4, 7 and under, the youngest wcf

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All this can be aggravated by Gastro Esophogeal Reflux Disease or GERD, and

most with cf have it from an early age--might be good to check it out!

Love to all coping or trying to coper with this!

n Rojas

a.m. congestion--any suggestions?

> My 31 month old boy Ashton has been waking up very congested. He

> doesn't really have enough to " blow " out or suck out with a bulb

> syringe. It seems like it is way up in his sinuses. We think that

> this congestion is causing him to throw up after his all night and

> nap feeds via g-tube. I think he gags on the drainage and then

> throws up. We have washed his crib sheets everyday for a week. Ugh.

> He is already on Zyrtec even though there aren't many allergens in

> the cold Kansas air and he is also on Flonase. Does anyone else have

> a suggestion? Should we tilt the bed? Run a humidifier? (even

> though that is " against the rules for kids wcf " .) Help!!

>

> mom to Ashton

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Sounds like guaifenesin would help him a lot. Get the generic form of

plain Robitussin -- it lists only guaifenesin as the active

ingredient. You need to drink lots of water to help it work, but it

thins mucus throughout the entire body, not just nose and lungs.

Kim

> My 31 month old boy Ashton has been waking up very congested. He

> doesn't really have enough to " blow " out or suck out with a bulb

> syringe. It seems like it is way up in his sinuses. We think that

> this congestion is causing him to throw up after his all night and

> nap feeds via g-tube. I think he gags on the drainage and then

> throws up. We have washed his crib sheets everyday for a week.

Ugh.

> He is already on Zyrtec even though there aren't many allergens in

> the cold Kansas air and he is also on Flonase. Does anyone else

have

> a suggestion? Should we tilt the bed? Run a humidifier? (even

> though that is " against the rules for kids wcf " .) Help!!

>

> mom to Ashton

> http://www.babyfergie.com

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Sorry you are having a rough time. Especially with all that sheet-washing!

Have you tried a saline spray for the nose that might loosen the

stuff up and get it out rather than dripping in the back of the

throat? I usually do this with (now 7 so at least he has the

nose-blowing thing down now!) and also sit in the steamy bathroom tub

and massage his nose (up high on the bridge).

Wish I had better advise.

Best of luck,

Lenora

>My 31 month old boy Ashton has been waking up very congested. He

>doesn't really have enough to " blow " out or suck out with a bulb

>syringe. It seems like it is way up in his sinuses. We think that

>this congestion is causing him to throw up after his all night and

>nap feeds via g-tube. I think he gags on the drainage and then

>throws up. We have washed his crib sheets everyday for a week. Ugh.

>He is already on Zyrtec even though there aren't many allergens in

>the cold Kansas air and he is also on Flonase. Does anyone else have

>a suggestion? Should we tilt the bed? Run a humidifier? (even

>though that is " against the rules for kids wcf " .) Help!!

>

> mom to Ashton

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