Comments on: Fortune Friday

By: Nelfy

Nelfy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:35:25 +0000

I’m sorry to hear what happend to lil’ peanut, I thought I should share my story and a little piece of advice. I have asthma in combination with allergies (don’t know the correct english term) and have gone through a lot of trips to specialists. when I was about 4/5 years old, they found out that I had asthma (a bit late, since I was sick a lot from the age of 4 days on) and that my lung capacity was about 30%. you get the picture. anyways, I got treated in many different ways and mostly could live with it very well. it got better the older I got and now it’s basically gone, I have my spray for emergencies (about 5-9 times a year) and know how to deal with it.

anyways, here goes my advice: I don’t know about your insurance and how these things are covered in the states, but I had and still have acupuncture (laser, not needles). for me, it costs 10 euros a session and it’s definitly worth it. there were times when I was ill for weeks on end and on really heavy meds that helped, but as soon as I stopped taking them I got worse again and acupuncture was the only thing that helped. I have to say though, every person reacts different to it, so you might find out that it’s not helping your boy at all. but I think it’s definitly worth a try – if you find a good doctor who offers that. I hope he gets better soon!!

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:18:26 +0000

My god, Chumpy, that is beautiful music. So evocative. As we drove back from (the) hospital, no one was on the streets (it being circa 3:30 am). All the lights were blinking either yellow or red; streetlights cast fuzzy circles of light onto nothing and no one. The random other car. This music would make wonderful accompaniment (particularly since there’s a sense of wonder, slightly more than dread, that I hear in it).

What a gift. Thank you.

And Chris, next time either of us is in either’s neck of the woods, I do think we should have a CJ / P-nut summit. The series of pictures you have up of him right now are crazy adorable.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:22 +0000

Glad to hear it’s (hopefully) nothing serious.

CJ had something similar when he was about that age. He woke up and couldn’t breathe. I was really glad I had indoctrinated him to Star Wars so young, because the only way they could give him the breathing treatment was to call it a Darth Vader mask and have him make the Darth Vader noise to breathe it in. He walked around with that mask for weeks afterward, so proud of it.

Sometimes I wish our two could get together – they would make a great tag team D

By: Chumpy

Chumpy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:18:25 +0000

Speedy and restful recovery to you all. What a run of ill-luck. Enough to test anyone’s mettle.

It’s always the drive to the childrens’ hospital that gets me- through quite a wild city centre park. There’s a particular bend that evokes the emotions experienced when 2 had repeated unplanned hospital admissions. This music (inspired by the tempestuousness of a storm) reminds me of that time.

http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2432&State_3041=2&workId_3041=14694#

That particular annus horribilis is long gone (just a twist in the road?). Though of course for us, the tinkling ivories did indeed win out at the end.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:59:51 +0000

Eek! A rodent! N-R-T-I-A in my book equalled inertia. Though the nutria does look kinda cute. For a rodent. I have enough squirrels in my life at the moment, and the beloved reminds me often that they are indeed a part of the rodent family.

By: Reno

Reno — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:45:28 +0000

You heart nutria?

Odd, but not the oddest plate I’ve seen. (Nevada is full of vanity plates, more so than anywhere else I’ve ever been.)

By the way, if I-heart-NTRIA is taken, you could also go with I-heart-RSOUS (the plural of ROUS), since that’s what nutria basically are.

By: amazonmidwife

amazonmidwife — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:42:35 +0000

Have heard via the parenting grapevine that there is something that does what the albuterol does, but without all the hyper side-effects. The stuff is supposedly much more expensive, so one may have to ask for it as well as shell out the dough. Sorry to be such a tease; if I can remember from whom I heard about it, I’ll call them and repost.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:35:40 +0000

Thank you all for your kindly well-wishing. You’re so right about the steroids and the hopping up. They mentioned this only after they were administered (we forgot from the last time). The albuterol stuff is also hopping-up. Greatly adds to the “bundle of energy, always on the go” bit. Just gave him another squirt (yes: we have a “spacer” and a squirty bottle and all), and he resisted it with the vigor of a superhero. Clearly I need to hire some of the King Kong wranglers.

By: lulazoid

lulazoid — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:48:01 +0000

Bronchiolitis would be better than incipient asthma at any rate.
The munchkin had it but was fortunate enough to escape a hospital visit.
Here the whole country goes on red alert when the first cases of bronch’ crop up.

Is it going around in the neighbourhood near you? Usually it’s a winter disease, I thought.

We gave the steroids once, but she was literally bouncing off the walls so had to stop the treatment. Did they give you one of the aerosols to take home?

Take care all of you and hope you all get some rest!

By: Chicory

Chicory — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:45:33 +0000

oh how I know how those nights in the children’s hospital with little who can’t breathe go. They get all hopped up on the drugs and there’s just SO MUCH for them to explore, and the thingamaboby on the finger that gets in the way…