asthma
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Topic: asthma
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: asthma
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 1:39pm
Iv just had a home visit from the asthma society lady (was refered to her) for Astin and man do i feel like a terrible mother!!!
She said Astin has severe asthma!!!!  ...now i knew he had asthma but thought i was keeping it under wraps as its always a result of a reaction but turns out he gets it from more than his alergies.....IM SO COMFUSSED!!!!!!!!!! 
When she was here he was very wheezy (he has a flu right now also!?) and checked him over and said that he wasnt far off a serious asthma attack!!! ...he such a happy baby so didnt click on!
BAD MUMMA!!! 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 2:21pm
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Youre not a bad mommy...
asthma is pretty hard for me to detect STILL, and janayas had it for four years now. Did she give you any tips on how to keep it under wraps? Also, do you know about the WINZ child disability allowance? We get this for janaya as she has it quite bad especially in the winter, its non-means tested and really comes in handy when the power bill arrives!!! ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 2:22pm
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Oh hun, dont feel like a bad mummy, no way are you!
and yes, allergies may bring on his asthma, but a lot of the time (and speaking from experience) there is NO warning of an asthma attack, I have honestly had i dont know how many attacks, from pretty much just sitting down. when anyone who has asthma get a cold/flu, there is a heightened chance of an attack happening, so you just need to watch for any signs, i find when im about to start getting an attack, i rock forwards and extend my neck, trying to subconsciously get more air in, im not saying that Austin will do this, but he might, or he will have other signs, asthma signs are just a learning curve. good luck hun, asthma is an awful thing, but it can be pretty much non existant when its under control, its just a learning curve. If you ever need to talk or need any advice (i have heaps when it comes to asthma! haha) please PM me or anything ok? |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 3:02pm
| aww hu n you are in no way a bab mum james last asmatha attack i didnt even relise it was that bad till my mum saw him big big hugs |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:52pm
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i was the same lu! we'd been told by a dr that jack just had a cold and he would get better with time...that was a blenheim dr...by the time we got back to chch later that day, my mum saw him and said we should take him to the dr straight away and when we got there, we were sent to the hospital where we spent the night!
i was going to wait til morning and then take him to the dr if he was still no better.......so don't beat yourself up amber......it's really hard to know what to do, especially when they have colds  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 5:03pm
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dont feel bad!!! i think sometimes theese people who are ment to help us do more harm than good!!!!
i got all jetts puffers and stuff on friday and the lady told me off as i should have been aware of it sooner!
i dont know anyone with asthma, so i didnt know what it was i just thought he was wheezy as he had a cold :( ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 5:58pm
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Oh, I discored on
www.nickjr.com they have an "asthma activity pack" - looked pretty cool for the kiddies. BTW I had two children hospitalised from asthma attacks that i seriously thought "weren't too bad". with oxygen levels both under 70% so i think we have all been "bad mothers" at one time or another. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 7:14pm
thanks for your kind words ladies i really appreciate it
kaiz231 , iv just started getting the child dis for Astin - gosh its so handy!!!!! The asthma lady gave me an asthma plan and even a star chart for his puffers and some etra spacers etc - i found it extra helpful to talk to her but i just felt sooooooo stupid for not realising my own baby was so "sick"
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 10:33pm
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Yeah Paris has been pretty bad with asthma and especially with chest infections. She goes from being ok and running around to seriously sick with infection and wheezing really quickly. There are times when i wake in the morning and can hear her breathing down the hallway and know that there's no way I'm going to work that day. She'll spend the day quietly snuggled in her jammies on the couch, have a shower in the steamy bathroom, I give her little chest massages to help her relax and she has her inhalers lots more.
And come on, I didn't even realise when she was 15 mths old that she had a mild case of whooping cough, which probably attributes to her problems even more. And I thought she was just a great sleeper since birth cos i was lucky - turns out it's cos she had a heart problem - again, her cardiac problems contributes to her breathing problems when she's tired etc. And when we lived in our last house, I seriously didn't click that it was that winter that she had 3 really serious chest infections straight after the other, a cough that wouldn't budge and had to had inhalers constantly throughout that winter - till we moved out, and mover her dresser out from the wall to find BLACK MOULD had grown behind it. (ie, the worst kind that does lung damage) We got rid of her dresser. Anything that had any hint of it on there got biffed. I knew that house was a bit cold - but to have that stuff there, geez, no wonder she was so sick! We never replaced the kids beautiful scotch chest drawers (bought only a year before we moved to that house, dammit) They now have those plastic sparkle drawers for their clothes and they're so much easier for them to get into. All their daycare/everyday stuff is kept in our large hotwater cupboard anyway. We now don't care how much the power bill is, our house is well heated with oil heaters and a nightstore heater and is kept pretty much constant temperature during winter - cos otherwise we end up spending heaps on medicines anyway, add to that time off work and the fact it takes her weeks to get over anything and it's just not worth it We're mums, we're only human, and we definately aren't psychic. As time goes on, and now you're more aware - you'll probably find you notice little triggers or trends to things that lead to his asthma being worse.------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 25 June 2008 at 9:33am
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Ok, this may sound silly... but I have never had asthma, nor has DF. Apart from the obvious gasping during an episode, what are the indicators?
Phoenix has sounded rattly for about a month on and off. I might be being paranoid, but does mucous come into play with asthma (I have no idea), I can't see it, but I can hear the rattle. Asthma sounds awful. And you're not a bad mommy, you aren't psychic. But at least you are learning the indicators of a possible serious episode. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 25 June 2008 at 10:36am
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Dont feel bad......Even NOW..and Paige is nearly 9.....I still dont recognise it as they can be plodding along fine and happy........and she is pretty not good either or refuses to go get help if at school...she leaves it til the last minute and then we are rushing her to hospital...
Winter by far worse for it as usually all flares up with onset of colds and flus etc.......and the COLD in general....plus if have allergies then that doesnt help either..Paige has Hge allergy to dust...its a nightmare :( -------------  
 
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