I can't tell who is my new best friend this week. Is it the school nurse or my portable nebulizer? I have not been able to get through even the first part of this week without either. Both my children's asthma has been flaring up every time I turn around.
The new portable nebulizer I purchased has been a great buy. I can plug it into the car or take it with me anywhere, the best part is that it is so quiet.
My son has been in school for two days so far this week and has visited the school nurse's office twice. I saw the school's number on my caller ID and new what they were calling for.
After school while my kids and I were at the PTA meeting my son started asthma coughing, and I got panicked. His inhaler was in the car and I had actually left without his portable nebulizer. I waited to see if it was just a cough or two, or if his cough was going to escalated into a coughing fit. Luckily it was just one cough, but I so dislike that a cough can throw me into a panic about where his inhaler is.
I cannot tell if the change of weather is affecting the kids asthma. They have an appointment with a pediatric lung specialist after Thanksgiving that I am eagerly anticipating. I have my daily records of peak flow reading, rescue inhaler usages and asthma symptoms documented for over a month. It took that long to get an appointment. Hopefully their asthma can be controlled a little better then it is now.
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