Thank Goodness for My Mom
Tomorrow, when it’s time for me to go across campus for class change, my mom is going to come take me from one class to another. The reason? It’s supposed to be raining, and she doesn’t want me to get worse because of being exposed to the rain. I’m supposed to stay away from the outdoors as much as possible, while I’m sick.
My sinus infection/cold/flu/bronchitis/pneumonia/whatever it is has triggered my asthma. I take a breath in, and I get about half of that coming out, which eventually leads to a big cough-a-though. When I was little, they told my mom I had cough variant intrinsic asthma. I couldn’t find any info on the net about that, but cough variant asthma is asthma that occurs without wheezing and at night, and intrinsic asthma is:
Asthma is called “intrinsic” when allergies do not play a part. Intrinsic asthma is not likely to develop in children; its typical onset occurs after age 40. Possible causes of intrinsic asthma include respiratory irritants such as perfumes, cleaning agents, fumes, smoke and cold air, upper respiratory infections, and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). Intrinsic asthma tends to be less responsive to treatment than allergic asthma.
I know I’m young for intrinsic asthma, but I was diagnosed with my kind of asthma when I was 16 or 20 months old. I know I’ve had it since I was 16 months old, but my mom couldn’t get the doctors to believe there was anything wrong with me because I wouldn’t cough around the doctors until the day I had an asthma attack in the doctor’s office.
I hate going to school when my asthma is acting up. I used to be out for a month at a time from elementary-high school when my asthma would flare up. Any time I had an upper respiratory infection, I would have asthma problems. I was a sick kid. I got turned in for missing classes a few times to the truancy people. It didn’t matter that I had a letter in my school file from my doctor that basically excused me for all days I ever missed because of asthma.
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That’s so sweet of your Mom to take you from class to class to keep you from getting sicker. You sound pretty miserable, so I’m sure every little bit helps. Hope you don’t have to wait *too* much longer for some relief. =)
PS ~ Thanks for the comment about my Doxies! I know that was forever ago, but I’m slow at returning. lol.
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Aww I hope you feel better soon. :[ My cousin had asthma growing up but it was nothing serious and it eventually when away. Your mom is so nice because my mother wants to drop me on the floor when I’m sick..I have a horrible mother haha
I had asthmatic bronchitis or bronchial asthma when I was a kid. Thank god I grew out of it. I missed so much school in 4th grade when I was really bad with it that I should have been held back just because of the standards of days attended. I was super smart back then so no worries!
I feel your pain though if I were you I wouldn’t be going to classes.
Having asthma sucks, especially when you’re sick. I’ve dealt with it my whole life. Hope you feel better!