We moved to Miami in November. Ds had a cold then, which turned into pneumonia and wheezing. Treated with abx and xopenex. 2 months later, we both got head colds, that lasted about 2 weeks, and then ds got another virus (I think) and started wheezing. Treating with xopenex and the wheezing is gone, but he seems to have a lot of nasal congestion or is it in his sinuses? He doesn't really have a runny nose, but you can hear him snuffle/snort the mucus, but when i put saline drops in his nose, nothing comes out. Oh and we've given him prednisolone for 3 days, and the first 2 days were a huge difference, and then last night again, the "liquidy" sound came back and he's sniffling today.
The Dr. has suggested that we may have mold issues and hence our previous healthy kid is now turning into a chronic wheezer. What complicates matters is that when ds is sick, we often stay with my mom (at her condo) for days. I do notice sometimes that he'll be better at my mom's and then get worse when we come back to our condo.
Apart from mold, what other environmental issues could it be?: bed, pillows, we have 2 small rugs here, and the rest of the place is tile, so no carpeting. This is an older building (1965) and before I remodeled there was visible mold. Remodeled a few years ago, so there's nothing really new. We did get a new couch/loveseat from Ikea that smelled horribly for a while. I need some ideas here on where to start first. I found out that a mold inspection is $545 for our 1 br apt. Has anyone used the Home Depot DIY kits? Do they work? As far as water, we use the filtered water out of the fridge, but when ds is sick I get bottled spring water, so he gets room temp water, not cold. Does this sound like allergies or is it just a coincidence? Do we need an air purifier? All the usual recommendations for congestion like a humidifier probably don't make sense here, as it's very humid already. Should we run a de-humidifier?
Ideas please!
(oh and ds has always had a very varied diet, so he's not really eating anything new here).
The Dr. has suggested that we may have mold issues and hence our previous healthy kid is now turning into a chronic wheezer. What complicates matters is that when ds is sick, we often stay with my mom (at her condo) for days. I do notice sometimes that he'll be better at my mom's and then get worse when we come back to our condo.
Apart from mold, what other environmental issues could it be?: bed, pillows, we have 2 small rugs here, and the rest of the place is tile, so no carpeting. This is an older building (1965) and before I remodeled there was visible mold. Remodeled a few years ago, so there's nothing really new. We did get a new couch/loveseat from Ikea that smelled horribly for a while. I need some ideas here on where to start first. I found out that a mold inspection is $545 for our 1 br apt. Has anyone used the Home Depot DIY kits? Do they work? As far as water, we use the filtered water out of the fridge, but when ds is sick I get bottled spring water, so he gets room temp water, not cold. Does this sound like allergies or is it just a coincidence? Do we need an air purifier? All the usual recommendations for congestion like a humidifier probably don't make sense here, as it's very humid already. Should we run a de-humidifier?
Ideas please!
(oh and ds has always had a very varied diet, so he's not really eating anything new here).
