The same drugs I took for my bone marrow transplant for rejection are the same drugs that I take for my asthma and yes they eat my bones up that's how I got into the shape that I am now just nothing but pain all the time in my joints because they're eaten up. And I even have necrosis in my shoulder. But I take them because even with all that you can't do nothing if you can't breathe.
the doctors not necessarily wrong he wants the child to breathe it takes a lot of that medication to affect your bones I was on it real heavy. But even with that the doctors are weary of the bone issues
Then you'd 100% understand my hesitation to give unneeded meds with that side effect, simply because the doctor believes "all preemies have asthma"
My son can run for HOURS in the yard, and has never wheezed. He gets colds easily and can get a little congested sometimes, but his oxygen and o2 levels have always stayed stable, and he's never acted like he was having a hard time breathing.
People act like these medications are no big deal... but they can be, especially if the kids will need them their entire life. If he needs them, I'll make sure he gets them, but they haven't proved, with out a reasonable doubt, that he actually needs them and it's not just them pushing meds.
The doctors was pushing it, because he wanted to use long-term, prevention meds, on a daily basis, for a toddler who has never wheezed simply because he believes 99% of preemies develop asthma, and it was impossible for him to believe that my son's pretty healthy and may not need it.
His theory was if it was spring, he'd be watching it, instead of giving meds. But since were going into fall, he wanted him on the meds.
To me, if he felt like he could just "watch and monitor" in the spring time, going into the fall season wasn't a good enough reason to use potentially dangerous meds. A 24 weeker doesn't have the bone density of a normal baby. I don't want him to suffer at 40, because I let the doctor scare me into using meds his entire childhood, that wasn't absolutely needed.
I'm more worried about how he's going to be when he's 40, and to make sure all his parts are intact and healthy.
I love these little ones!
