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Asthma and the Family
Just a way of life for the other kids Evan has a sister who is two years older than he and a brother who is six years younger than he is. Since my son has had asthma and allergies virtually all of his life, we have just always lived with it and it is just a way of life for the other children. My other kids learned to watch for Bridget's asthma signs. Her little brother was born into it. He knew from the get-go that Bridget had asthma, and that Mom and Dad took care of it. We always did things together as a family when Bridget wasn't sick. Whether we'd go boating, or fishing, or swimming, or go on vacations, or whatever. We never did anything to make her feel as though she was a half-person. We always made her feel that even though the asthma was there, we were dealing with it. With my younger son I do worry more when I am administering the medicines because he is not that old yet, so I have to watch him to make sure he manages himself correctly. But if it's not me watching him, his father will do it or my sister or my mom, so it's not really that bad. My family all lives together at home and everybody takes care of everybody. Having many people around seems to help, all the extra hands. I've been out of work for two days, but this is the first time for Caleb being that bad and for me having to stay out of work because of his asthma attacks. If he has to stay in the hospital again, though, I don't think I would have to miss too much work. All my family lives in the same building, so it's easy for me to just bring him downstairs or upstairs and they can watch him. |
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