Pristine was back to school this week but only for two days. On the third day, she showed flu-like symptoms and had asthma, again. Might be the change in the weather - we were crossing continents during our vacation. Then it could even be a flu bug she caught while we travelled, on the plane, in the airport, or in their classroom, from her classmates who came back from travelling also. I don’t know but she’s so sick that she’s crying the whole night and clinging on to me.
I got lucky last night to be able to sleep 6 hours straight before waking up for her nebulization. Last Wednesday night, asthma was so severe the maximum sleep I got was only two hours. It’s such a pity to see her struggle with breathing and I can only look at her and pray the meds would kick in so she can sleep.
When we were in Japan, we went to see a doctor and the doctor said, Pristine has mild asthma. If she has cough, it has to be treated immediately so it will not affect her air pipes. But we all know how a flu can be so sudden, with our children playing around and then in the next minute, they sneeze.
She is well right now and staying at home with my mother. After being diagnosed as asthmatic, I don’t know how many days or nights like that of Wednesday’s we have to endure from now on but I am still thankful I have my mom around. She had a very asthmatic son, my brother so she knows the ins and outs of asthma more than I do.
I feel stronger with her around.
Matt also had the flu virus (which he got from me) last week of August. And we knew the drill, the asthma kicked in. So after I recovered and got past a safe week, I had my flu shot. My sister also had hers too - for safety measure (mostly for Matt). Also, Matt also had his very recently.