Dreaded Asthma

(Uncle KC and Shelby)

Since I quit smoking when I found out we were pregnant with Shelby, I haven't really had to use my inhaler much. So little in fact, that the inhalers expire before I ever need to use them.

End of June I got sick with an upper respiratory (a wonderful con of running a daycare) and ever since then, my asthma has spiraled out of control!

I can honestly say that having an asthma attack is one of the scariest things to happen to me. Not only does it feel like I am suffocating, but it feels like there is a MACK truck sitting on my chest and I just can't get it off so that I can take in a breath.

Its so bad right now that I have been giving myself breathing treatments several times a day as well as taking steroids. I went to walk in clinic last monday to get the steroids, and then I went to the ER Friday Am because I couldn't get through an attack on my own. They gave me IV steroids, magnesium, and an hour long breathing treatment. He wanted to admit me, but me being me, figured I would get more rest at home than at a hospital and quite frankly, all I wanted to do was sleep and chill out.

I can't sleep - I have a horrible dry cough - and it feels like someone is squeezing me around my chest really hard. I hate that I have asthma and I feel sorry for the young children out there that have it and can't help themselves as well as I can. Its a scarey disease to have.

More food for thought

Been very busy with school, daycare and family that I haven't had much time to think about my success.

Friday marked 1 year since I had gastric bypass surgery. Down 155 lbs, I feel better than I have in years and have no regrets with having the surgery.

I was doing laundry tonight thinking about how easy it has been doing laundry lately. I mean, it doesn't take me as long because there aren't as many loads to do, and its easier to put away. But why the change? I still do laundry once a week - though now its a different day usually. I still wear work clothes and play clothes even though I work from home (scrubs for daycare). Nothing has changed with DJ.

Maybe because my clothes have gotten smaller, they take up less space. Thus creating LESS piles of laundry, allowing me to do laundry faster and put it away faster!

Another PRO of having surgery and getting my health under control!

(Picture is Shelby doing the sign for (and making the sounds for) - M O N K E Y!)