When It Rains, It Pours

We actually had a pretty bad week last week. It was one thing after another with Emily. My poor little girl doesn't just get sick, she gets REALLY sick. She's had a few non-critical health issues that we've been dealing with the last few weeks and the day after Labor Day, she came down with a cold. A cold, not that big of a deal, right? Wrong. In years past, when she gets a cold at this time of the year it only means one thing, lots of visits to the ER and it almost always turns into bronchitis. Emily has been a very sick child ever since she's been born. She literally was sick every other week for the first year and a half. After she turned 1 things started to make sense. She had (and still has) bad eczema, she has bad asthma, and more recently we had her tested for allergies and what do you know, she's allergic to like everything. This sort of all explains why when she comes down with a common cold, it turns ugly very fast. Since this is our 3rd year of dealing with this season (September thru April) we have become sort of pro's at this stuff. We have almost everything that they have in the ER so that we can try to treat her at home. Hopefully making less trips to the ER then in years past. I will tell you what though, it never gets easier. Asthma attacks come on so fast and so strong. One second she can be okay and the next second her lips are turning blue and her eyes are rolling back in her head and you realize that she's not getting enough oxygen. It is truly terrifying to see my daughter like that. You only understand the severity of it if you have been around it and have seen it. When Emily gets sick, it breaks my heart. It's not like when the rest of us get sick. It's much, much worse. She has to be on so many medicines and breathing machines. We now have an Allergy and Asthma specialist that we see and he is awesome. Besides being a great doctor and great with Emily, he has really helped me understand how to deal with asthma and allergies and get a grip on it. She is starting preventative medicine to help her through this cold season and we are hoping that this will work and make it an easier next few months. We are hopeful and have heard great things about it! Please continue to keep Emily in your prayers. She is recovering from a long, hard week nicely but she had a tough ride this week.