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Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2007Good thoughts please
Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year and tbh I can hardly remember what I'm supposed to watch out for. I've checked her inhalers are in date and started giving them. Made an appt with the asthma nurse to review how exactly I am supposed to treat it nowadays but thats not for another couple of weeks. Its hard with dh being away and noone to share the worry with. Sarah > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. > Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > nowadays but thats not for another couple of weeks. Its hard with dh > being away and noone to share the worry with. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, I know the worry. Listen to her chest. Ventolin can be given as often as every 20 minutes. If it doesn't help soon, you should go to the doctor's for a script for prednisone. Preventer at night. Steam is good as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DD11 hasn't taken any asthma meds for the last three months. Dh and I decided she needed to take responsibility, and she decided she didn't need the meds. Fingers crossed, spring went well, which is normally not a good time for her. good luck Marc >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. >> Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > as well. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ thanks - I'll get the steamer out of the loft. And you're right she needs to go back on to her preventer. We used to do this for every cold but I've got complacent :( Her reliever is bricanyl - it says max 8 puffs in 24 hours which seems quite low to me, I'm sure we used to give her more. Shes had 4 and She seems ok at the moment, so fingers crossed. > DD11 hasn't taken any asthma meds for the last three months. Dh and I > decided she needed to take responsibility, and she decided she didn't > need the meds. Fingers crossed, spring went well, which is normally not > a good time for her. Well, thats good news :) > good luck > Marc thanks Marc. > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. > Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sarah Do you have forced hot air heat? If so, she could be reacting to dust or mold in the airducts which gets distributed when you start the heat flowing again. Adding blankets to the bed could also be a factor in extra "things" floating around for her to inhale. gloria p >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > gloria p We have water heated radiators. Good thoughts though :) tbh I'm sure its her cold thats flared it up, she tends to have viral induced asthma. She had a tiny cough on saturday and she went on her brownie camp staying in a cold scout hut for 2 nights. Came home with a fever, rash and heavy cold. Fever and rash went by next day. I really should have started her on her preventer straight away but I just didn't think of it :( Sarah > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. Its > always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year and tbh [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sarah I hope she (and you) are feeling better soon. >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. > > I hope she (and you) are feeling better soon. Thanks! If she sleeps tonight I'll be very happy! Shes not too bad at the moment, I think the last dollop of inhalers really helped. Sarah > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since > last October. Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it nowadays but thats not for another couple of weeks. Its > hard with dh being away and noone to share the worry with. what type of heat do you have? any type of blown warm air heat can cause asthma issues. if that's what you have, you may want to check your furnace filters. cleaning the ducting (usually hired out to professionals) may be needed. i hate hot air heating. lee >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > i hate hot air heating. > lee Its water filled radiators :) >Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last October. >Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a full year [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope she's feeling better soon ~~~~~~~~~~ Nan >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope she's feeling better soon ~~~~~~~~~~ > > Nan Thanks Nan. at least with it being half term holiday I don't have to worry about keeping her off school :-/ > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. Thanks Guys. I'm astonished to say she slept *all* night without coughing. I really am amazed as she coughed non-stop for an hour when I put her to bed and I was getting concerned at how tight she was sounding. Shes very congested this am but no sign of asthma at all. hooray!! > Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last > October. Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sarah Would olbas oil help? Hope she feels better!  SignatureFroggy >> Katherines asthma is starting to flare. First time since last >> October. Its always a bit concerning. Shes not needed any meds for a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Would olbas oil help? Hope she feels better! Thanks Froggy - shes sooo much better today - just snotty :) |
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