Coughs.....

So for the past 3 weeks, we haven't been letting Natalie go to bed with a sippy cup, to see if that would help to keep her from getting an ear infection or even a cough. With her still being on thickener and going to bed with fluids, the fluids end up just sitting in her esophagus, which can cause for the fluids to get into her lungs and then she gets sick. We were able to keep her from getting a cough for 2.5 weeks. (Usually its every 2 weeks). She started getting a cough on Christmas Eve, by Sunday night, she was needed oxygen help. I checked her saturation levels, they were 90 to 92. For the past few days and nights, she has been on Oxygen. Today she was definitely feeling better, she even wanted to eat! Yay! She was playful and almost back to herself. Eva started getting a cough on Saturday, she is still coughing a lot but we will get through. I feel like I am constantly going albuterol and pulimcort treatments all day long for the girls. Thankfully, Natalie can do it herself, she just needed to be watched or she will play with the mask and not always hold it up to her face. Eva usually screams and cries and sometimes she will end up falling asleep. I am hoping that by the weekend both girls will be back to no coughs!