Things have been extremely stressful and tiring at home these days. As most of you know, my 17-year-old son is asthmatic (has been since he was two) and my mother-in-law (MIL) smokes in the house despite our repeated requests not to.
Well the week before last week my son had a full blown asthma attack. The worst he has had since he was about 8 years old. It was so bad that the day it occurred, we actually had to call an ambulance as even with his various inhalers, we couldn't get any air moving. His lips were blue and he was becoming incoherent. He was in the hospital for three days and came home with a new health regime and a referral to a more senior respirologist.
Then last week, my MIL caught the cold that my hubby and I have had and because of her lung cancer and emphysema, we ended up taking her into Emergency Wednesday evening and she finally came home Sunday afternoon. She is now on 8 pills and three types of puffers per day and we're unsure if that will improve. Her Alzheimer's is also becoming more obvious as she becomes stressed with her physical health. We have become not only the family she lives with, but her full time caregivers. We have started to look into options regarding in-home nursing care and long term care outside the home when the time comes.
We have told my MIL that under no circumstances is she to light a cigarette in the house nor anywhere near our son or we will have to send her to live with her daughter, which she does not want to do. We have bought her The Patch, set her up with an appointment with a psychologist to help her with quitting, and gave her the number for our local Stop Smoking Help Line. She has not taken us up on any of these. She wasn't able to smoke while she was in the hospital so hasn't had any in a few days and I know she doesn't have any at home. I'm hoping she realizes that this just can't continue and she has stopped.
I haven't been on the forum as much as I'd like the past couple of weeks and this has made me realize that not only is YLF my place for all things fashion/style, but it is my mental refuge as well. Thanks for being here when I need something happy and pretty!
Well the week before last week my son had a full blown asthma attack. The worst he has had since he was about 8 years old. It was so bad that the day it occurred, we actually had to call an ambulance as even with his various inhalers, we couldn't get any air moving. His lips were blue and he was becoming incoherent. He was in the hospital for three days and came home with a new health regime and a referral to a more senior respirologist.
Then last week, my MIL caught the cold that my hubby and I have had and because of her lung cancer and emphysema, we ended up taking her into Emergency Wednesday evening and she finally came home Sunday afternoon. She is now on 8 pills and three types of puffers per day and we're unsure if that will improve. Her Alzheimer's is also becoming more obvious as she becomes stressed with her physical health. We have become not only the family she lives with, but her full time caregivers. We have started to look into options regarding in-home nursing care and long term care outside the home when the time comes.
We have told my MIL that under no circumstances is she to light a cigarette in the house nor anywhere near our son or we will have to send her to live with her daughter, which she does not want to do. We have bought her The Patch, set her up with an appointment with a psychologist to help her with quitting, and gave her the number for our local Stop Smoking Help Line. She has not taken us up on any of these. She wasn't able to smoke while she was in the hospital so hasn't had any in a few days and I know she doesn't have any at home. I'm hoping she realizes that this just can't continue and she has stopped.
I haven't been on the forum as much as I'd like the past couple of weeks and this has made me realize that not only is YLF my place for all things fashion/style, but it is my mental refuge as well. Thanks for being here when I need something happy and pretty!
