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DH took D to the doctor this morning and we just found out he has asthma. Welcome to my day.

Oh, yeah. Same here.

And randomly! Some days I'm just fine the morning after. I took Benadryl before going to sleep last night on top of what I got at the ER, and more this morning, and I'm forcing myself to not be entirely inappropriate here at work.

Jessica--poor little D! (okay, just had to stick my hands in my sweater and assuage some itches). Is the coughing still bothering him little?

Is the coughing still bothering him little?

He was still coughing last night and after I left for work this morning (when they were both still sleeping) DH noticed that his breathing was a little labored. But moodwise he's been totally upbeat and cheerful - it never would have occured to me to take him to the doctor because he hasn't been "acting sick" at all. I guess it's a good thing DH is more paranoid than I am.

DH took D to the doctor this morning and we just found out he has asthma. Welcome to my day.

aw poor nugget and you guys!

Great at least that he's not suffering. Boo on him being asthmatic at all, though.

it never would have occured to me to take him to the doctor because he hasn't been "acting sick" at all.

Me, too.

I felt terrible after Ellie was hospitalized for 10 days with RSV/salmonella and I'd been watching her but kept dismissing it as "just a cold; what can the doctor do anyway?" Made me feel like a total shit mother.

Also, I took her on an all day two-ferry trip in the Outer Banks when she had her first cold because I thought "it's just a cold." Until we were stuck on crappy ferry for hours with a crying baby who was unable to nurse.

I think I've learned my lesson but it's hard to recalibrate for what requires a doctor.

OK. Questionnaire emailed to boss. I talked with the Assoc. Director this morning, and it seems like I'm not the only one with a certain amount of adjustment/communication issues, which is reassuring, if nothing else.

Sigh. I'm starting to get the sense that I need to find a day job that isn't an office job. Not necessarily now, but when I can. Because I'm good at this, but even under the best of circumstances it makes me unhappy. How I'm to do that while still meeting my financial responsibilities I don't even begin to know. My counselor thinks I need to find out if anyone would pay me to research, because the fire in my eye when I talk about researching is nearly as bright as when I talk about writing.

Boo on him being asthmatic at all, though.

I specifically told him not to inherit those genes when he was in utero, too. But do they ever listen? No.

I felt terrible after Ellie was hospitalized for 10 days with RSV/salmonella and I'd been watching her but kept dismissing it as "just a cold; what can the doctor do anyway?" Made me feel like a total shit mother.

Oh, that must have been so terrifying for you!

Poor D! Asthma sucks. I hope he's feeling better soon.

I specifically told him not to inherit those genes when he was in utero, too.

Hah! I did the same with CJ, and yet he had asthma problems when he was wee. We shared a nebulizer, such wonderful mother/son bonding. Though he has appeared to have grown out of it...