This trachiitis has really done a number on Hannah. We are about 4 days into the Cipro, and it has definitely started knocking out the infection. She is a lot less junky, and she is sleeping through the night much better now. Last night, the earliest she woke up was 3:30 am (instead of every 30 minutes), and she went back down at around 4:30 am until 6:00 am.
Not only is it knocking her infection out, it is also knocking her out as well. She is exhausted and fatigued almost all day long. We get maybe 2 to 3 hours of “happy girl” time before she gets exhausted, fights it for an hour or two, and then she takes a nap in the afternoon. Tonight, she crashed at 6:30 pm, which is really unusual for her, as she usually crashes around 8 to 9 pm. Last couple of nights, she has barely made it until 7:30 pm.
Hopefully this time next week, once we are done with the Cipro for her trachiitis, that she will start to get back her energy again!
Oh yeah, on a side note, the ENT’s nurse sent over the wrong order for the swallow study on Friday. So obviously, we weren’t able to do it. I hope that gets rescheduled really soon because I would really love to reintroduce liquids if she is able to tolerate them!
Cameron’s on his 4th 10-day course of cipro for his tracheitis. It works great while he’s on it, but as soon as we stop it’s seems like his infection comes back immediately. Glad it’s helping your daughter too!
Hopefully all that sleeping will build up Hannah’s immune system so the infection will be gone for good.
My husband was likely anthrax-exposed in 2001 (the company he works for was the first target and had the first fatality) and was prescribed a six MONTH round of Cipro as a precaution. It did a real number on his stomach. Hope Hannah doesn’t have that side effect.
Its probably better the swallow studyt was cancelled. You want her at her best for it! Sorry about the Cipro. I can’t make it four days without getting really sick!