Another stay at the hospital.

18/08/2006
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3 nights, 19 ventolin nebulizer +3 chest physiotherapy sessions & $2,293.36 later, you are back home and on your feet.

Doctor says you had a severe asthmatic attack. Not much more information is given. We ask how do we prevent you from getting another? The answer is, we have to see if you have any future attacks in order to predict the pattern or cause. Wha piang. No way my little old man!

I bought a book called 'What your doctors may not tell you about children's allergies and asthma - simple steps to help stop attacks and improve your child's health'

On the home front, we got plenty of advice. Eat crocodile meat! Don't eat anything cold, no ice-creams, any cold drinks with ice, even fresh milk from the refrigerator!. No oranges, limes, bananas or pomelo. No swimming in the mornings and must make sure you are chest deep in water if you do go in the afternoons. No catching chills, meaning no bathing with cold water, make sure you are not in sweaty clothes when there's wind, no cottony pillows, bolsters or comforters in the bedroom. Oh, 1 tsp of bird's nest daily and go see a chinese physician for more advice and nourishing concoctions like chinese pear soup with "chuan pei" and lean meat.

We're going to do EVERYTHING we have to. It's really not much fun seeing a little boy so exhausted by wheezing, he falls asleep sitting up, on the couch.