My dm and 10 year old sister are visiting us at the moment, this evening we were sitting down playing a board game and d-sis was finding it hard to breath, she described it as not being able to fill her lungs properly and not feeling like she was getting enough air. This lasted about 10 minutes, I opened the window which didn't seem to help much. Dm ignored it and said that this happens every once in a while.
I asked if they had been to the Dr about it and they hadn't, dm said she wasn't going to take d-sis to the Dr as it was probably either asthma or a panic attack and she wouldn't have her child being labeled as asthmatic as ever other child has an inhaler these days and d-sis would grow out of it.
Dm was never keen on taking her children to the Dr, I can't remember going to the Dr as a child.
What worries me is that if it is a panic attack d-sis is being told that it is ok and normal to feel like that and really the reasons why she is feeling panicky need to be addressed.
I love my mum and sister very very much, we all get on really well.
Should I really push my dm to take d-sis to the Dr or is this a my child my rules situation?
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to strongly suggest my mum takes my younger sister (10) to the Dr?
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ikeaismylocal · 15/02/2014 21:50
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