Holy shit.

[conuly]

So, Ana was having some tightness of breath. Now, she really, really hates going to the doctor and getting a nebulizer treatment and having that awful steroid medicine afterwards, so when this happens she copes as best she can by simply breathing a little shallowly until one of us gets suspicious and corners her and demands she prove she CAN take a deep breath without wheezing.

She's a trooper, really. Kinda wish she'd be a little more honest about things.

So today she couldn't hide it any longer, but she wanted to go with my mom to the doctor instead of me. As it happens, Mommy is home today, she had her own doctor's appointment this morning. So I say, fine, when she gets home I'll call the HIP center* and make an appointment, but in the meantime let's at least get math out of the way. I'm very proud of the consistent progress we're making in math.

So she sits on the radiator to do her math, and as it's a little chilly out the heat is on and she gets nice and toasty and by the time she's done, 45 minutes later, her breathing is perfect. Like, really perfect. Like, it makes logical sense that warmth and dry air would help her, but still, I never would have dreamed of these results. Like, I can't even see the point in taking her to the doctor now because she's fine.

Holy shit.

We have to see if these results hold up, but if they do we just won't go to the doctor today. Which will make her happy.

* They haven't been the HIP center in over a decade. They were Staten Island Physician Practice for a while, and now they're some other name, but regardless, if you call them anything other than "the HIP center" people won't know what you mean.

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[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

My daughter has asthma - not severe, but enough to be troublesome sometimes - and the thing that helps her most is her Heaty Blanket (http://www.costco.com/Sunbeam%C2%AE-Velvet-Plush-Heated-Throw-.product.100013401.html), which she basically lives in all winter long. Recommend you get one for each girl, in different colors. LOL, you'll probably want one for yourself too; they're ever so cozy.

The other thing my daughter finds helpful is hand warmers (http://hotsnapz.com/). She tucks them under her bra straps to keep her chest warm - a simpler solution would be a little velvet pouch to wear like a necklace.

Good luck; hope Ana doesn't have to go to the doctor!

[conuly]

She does, actually, tomorrow, for something else. But the asthma seems to be gone for today. You can just picture my stunned face here. I keep jumping on her (because it's Eva's birthday they're have a light day as far as school goes) and demanding she wheeze for me, because I just can't believe it!