Not sure how this one will sit, cos I know being judgemental is possibly the worst thing on MN, but here goes...
I was at the hospital with DS today and while we were in the children's ward, another family arrived with their DS, who must have been 3, possible 4yo. He'd had a bad asthma attack and obviously this wasn't the first one he'd had. He looked pretty unwell and sounded quite wheezy. So, we were in the playroom and overheard the following btw little boy's mum and the doctor:
doc - does anyone in your house smoke?
mum - only my partner, but he just smokes in one room, not in front of DS. DS sees my parents alot, too, and they smoke in their house.
doc - Obviously you know that smoking exacerbates the asthma, do you also know that people shouldn't go near your DS for an hour after smoking?
mum - well, no-one's ever told us that, I didn't know that. Right.
Now, if you've got a DC with a chronic illness like asthma, aren't you going to do all in your power to help them and certainly not make things worse by exposing them to something that everyone knows will make it worse? AIBU in thinking that this woman is failing her little boy here? Made me feel really sad for him.
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juicy12 · 11/11/2009 16:06
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