Asthma

Stella has had her first bout of Asthma for the year.
As alarming & disappointing as this was (I had flash-backs to last year) it was when she came home from the doctors loaded up with 2 different types of ventalin & steriods that I decided enough is enough!

We started in the bedroom - literally removing everything and starting again.

She now has a new bed - no longer the Ikea loft bed with desk.
The loft-bed allowed her to accumulate loads of stuff, due to extra floor space and the desk, being essentially just a large flat surface, attributed to piles of crap.

New bed + more effective storage + less stuff = easier to keep clean, which I'm hopeful will mean better breathing & less drugs.
It also equates to happier times because I'm not going off my head every other day about the mess.
Another reason to be joyous is that all that 'stuff' is off tothe swap-meet next Sunday where she hopes to boost the travelling-fund - we've promised a trip to Port Fairy later in the year.

Who said they keep you young!

We called into Emergency on the way home from the movies as I was extremely concerned about her breathing - very shallow and laboured. Thankfully the Triage nurse was as concerned as she whisked her in for Obs straight away.
Her temp was up and her oxygen levels down. First they diagnosed her with Pneumonia however it was decided soon after a chest x-ray to treat the symptoms as Asthma. She and Dan overnighted and will be home this afternoon.
This is her first Asthma attack. Most likely brought on by the virus she had a couple of weeks ago and exaserbated by a bout of Hayfever, brought on by cleaning her room and pollen in the air with the change of season.

I blame her school!
Because she loves her teacher and the school soooooo much she never wants a day off so has not been confiding some of her symptoms.
As she's lying on her 'death-bed' she slipped the oxygen mask down and asked if you can get Pneumonia from loosing blood - because she's been falling over a lot lately. Which she has, her kness and hands are scabby bruised lumps. Before I could answer she said "Oh - maybe I have been falling over because of the Pneumonia. I've been feeling weak and tired a lot lately and have been having headaches most afternoons".

They make you laugh and they make you cry.....which is actually very aging!