Wednesday ---- Brian calls me at work----Mom Melissa is wheezing----"Brian...give her 2 puffs on her inhaler" -----Mom ...dashing to her car-------"Brian, what is she doing now"-----Brian - "Her lips are kinda blue" ----- Mom "I'm on my way" (panicking..."maybe I should call 911----oh no---there's a wreck on Falls of Neuse." The police are blocking the road). 45 minutes later----arriving home (normally takes 12 minutes), Brian carries Melissa to the car, Dash to WakeMed, Melissa continues to struggle to breathe and is admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care. After 1 day of excellent care, she turns around (for the better) and we're discharged on Thursday. Scary...Mom, Melissa, and Dad are exhausted, but grateful. We're even grateful despite the chair from H@** that we both slept in.
Friday - she's doing great, excited about the Christmas Party at Church. We leave the house---take 5 steps into the car----the weather is below freezing. We get to the church and she starts to not feel well. On the way home from the dinner, she complains that her chest is tight again and she starts to wheeze. Two albuterol treatments - no success. She can no longer talk, lips are turning bluish, and you can audibly hear her wheezing. Off to WakeMed we go again. This time....I'm really scared. It's hard to see your child struggling to breathe. Each asthma attack seems worse than the last and requires more treatment. Melissa is admitted again to Pediatric Intensive Care. We're now home - Sunday at 12 noon. Her care could not have been better. There was an amazing team of MD's, Nurses, Asthma Educators, and Respiratory Therapists who were always available and on top of every aspect of her care. I felt sorry for the Asthma Educator---she came to talk to me after I had had 2 days of no sleep. Of course, I burst into tears, explained my fears that somehow I wasn't doing all I could to prevent Melissa from an asthma attack. She was so kind and understanding. After I apologized for "loosing it," she said that I needed a hug...and she was right! I'm tearing up as I write this, because I am overwhelmed at the kindness and support of the medical staff at WakeMed as well as the love and support of my family and church family. Tabb and Nicolas left yesterday to go to Virginia to spend time with his Mom....it was important to both of us that he go! Brian and his girlfriend, Tabitha, spent the night in the torture chair so I could go and sleep. Daniel and Robin came to visit Melissa even though Robin has been experiencing harmless, uncomfortable Braxton Hicks contractions. So...the blessings have been numerous and my sweet Melissa is home!!
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