Negative allergy tests and antibiotics.

William had allergy testing done early in November. They tested for several things which we thought would be positive and we were let down to find that all of them were negative. Poor kids been dealing with what has seemed to me horrible congestion due to allergies and then nothing. The allergist felt he could have recurring infections, which wasn't much of a relief, seems like more of a problem. Last night he woke up in the middle of the night with what sounded like a deeper sounding croupy cough and had some trouble breathing. I used his inhaler and gave him a dose of prednisolone and luckily within an hour and a half he was peacefully sleeping again. I made an appointment with his dr just to be on the safe side and after looking him all over she said that his lungs were clear, but that antibiotics were the last thing she could give him for the congestion. He is now on a combo Erythromycin and Sulfisoxazole combo (brand name Pediazole) which we found out is now discontinued and it was only by luck the pharmacy had it. He is taking this antibiotic three times daily for the next 21 days. It took me by surprise when the pharmacist noted that it was for 21 days. He's never been on anything longer than 10 days. Our hope is that this antibiotic will kick the congestion of what his dr is referring to as a sinus infection (must be one heck of an infection) and that he will start sleeping better and most importantly feeling better.

We will see how this goes. He's never had either medication so we will see if this is an ok combo or if an allergy pops up later like it did with another antibiotic just over a year ago. We will continue to try the suggestions his dr is giving and maybe with the right combo of things he will no longer have to deal with the chronic congestion which has been bothering him for months now.