We are once again trying to make decisions about one of our children's health. Madelyn has had nose and chest colds just about every other week since last fall. She has also been yawning all day long like she isn't getting enough oxygen. I believe it has affected her behavior and made her irritable. She has always been a mouth-breather and breathed loudly when sleeping. She used to snore a lot as a baby. Her tonsils are very large, and I wonder about her adenoids. Her pediatrician thinks it might be asthma and told us to give her Gracie's rescue inhaler three times a day for a week to see if that helps. This medicine is not fun because it makes the heart race. Gracie calls it her "jittery" medicine. There is no doubt in my mind that Gracie has asthma. But Madelyn, we have our doubts. After doing research, the frequent chest colds could indeed be asthma. I decided to go ahead and give her one puff of the medicine to see if that would take away the yawns and shortness of breath. It doesn't seem to have helped. We are leaning more towards asking to be referred to an ENT. I want the poor girl to stop getting sick and have enough breath.
I feel like my faith in doctors (our doctor) has been lost. I so often have to be my children's doctor myself and rely on my own research and intuition as to what might be going on in my children's bodies. With all of the health issues my children have had, I wonder what God is trying to teach me. Does he want me to take all of this knowledge I'm gaining and use it to become a nurse? I have always had an interest in the body's functions and how it all works together. I took many of these courses in college and enjoyed them, but I don't think becoming a nurse or doctor is the answer. Does he want me to draw closer to him and look to him as the Great Physician? That is more likely. One of my recent devotionals said "come to me for understanding." Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
So I am praying for wisdom as we try to discover what is going on with Madelyn, if anything. Wisdom to know if we should change pediatricians, wisdom as to whether or not we should go to an ENT doctor, wisdom as we make decisions for these little ones that God has entrusted us with.