after 5 days doc decides to do bronch!

[Matt31]

Ive heard through alot of people that this can really help! along with continuing the vest an meds. Since i havent had the vest b4.

 

[sweetninis]

Bronch? Plz elaborate

 

[Beccamom]

Sweetninis, bronch is short for bronchoscopy. This is a procedure done under anesthesia where the doctor can look down the trachea to the lungs, take tissue samples if needed, and sometimes do a wash to get sputum samples to determine a course of treatment. This is not a test done on everyone with CF, but done when the doctor needs more information to determine a treatment.