Hello, has anybody else had to deal with being ridiculously anxious after their child has struggled with a respiratory illness? My son, 3, was diagnosed with viral wheeze around Christmas, and he's had a bad run of illness since winter. He had to go to A and E on Good Friday evening with distressed breathing and we've been back to the GP's since, but they haven't been worried, which is good. He did have a really bad night of horrible coughing, which I thought might be croup, on Wednesday (today is Saturday). He sounded much better the next day and the GP wasn't too concerned. I also started to suspect that it was more a combination of bad hayfever and whatever virus he was already getting over.
We put a "pollen protocol" in place: closed windows, air filter, wiping hair, skin and clothes down after going outside, barrier balm on the nostrils, and taking piriteze. He is doing better, just has a snotty nose and a little cough, which I think is partly germs, partly pollen. I'm still giving him his inhaler (blue) a few times a day, but winding it down gently.
The thing is, I'm constantly stressed and anxious. I'm getting scared of letting him outside, or taking him back to preschool (they spend most of the day oustide). I never thought I'd be like this. I think it's worse because apart from having my son, I've had three miscarriages, two lf them last year. I was also made redundant from two jobs. I'm so used to things going wrong, to getting bad news. I can't picture my son just being reasonably well and me being able to relax.
Has anybody else experienced this sort of thing? Any advice about either dealing with hayfever and viral wheeze, or about how I can learn to be less terrified, would be great. Thank you.