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Originally Posted by nickiyoung

Yes! My son has chronic lung disease. He has been on many inhalers/breathing treatments. Currently, he is on Atrovent (2 puffs every 8 hrs), Advair (2 puffs twice a day) and ProAir (Albuterol - 4 puffs every 4-6 hrs as needed...right now we're at about 3x's day). He also takes singular at night, hoping to help with his asthma.

His pulmonary dr has also done bronchoscopies, to see if they can find anything else going on. So far, nothing has come up. My son gets super sick fast, and just can't seem to stay on top of things. He is 2 1/2.

does he get worse at night? phoenix seems to have more problems at night. the inhaler he is on is flovent.

Yes! My son has chronic lung disease. He has been on many inhalers/breathing treatments. Currently, he is on Atrovent (2 puffs every 8 hrs), Advair (2 puffs twice a day) and ProAir (Albuterol - 4 puffs every 4-6 hrs as needed...right now we're at about 3x's day). He also takes singular at night, hoping to help with his asthma.

His pulmonary dr has also done bronchoscopies, to see if they can find anything else going on. So far, nothing has come up. My son gets super sick fast, and just can't seem to stay on top of things. He is 2 1/2.