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dd has been in hospital again :(

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allieBongo · 14/04/2007 15:20

she has had another awful asthma attack, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, they think it is related to an allergy, is anyone elses lo's suffering at the mo, and have you any idea of a general cause, as she is constantly on steroids and is quite vile, bless her..

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Swizzler · 14/04/2007 15:21

How old is she? Good news about asthma is children generally grow out of it (I've not used my inhaler for about a year and a half)

singingmum · 14/04/2007 15:22

Has she been allergy tested?
If they could find out what is triggering the attacks it would help.She may even be able to have allergy tablets to help.I take them and it has improved my asthma as well as my hayfever.

Swizzler · 14/04/2007 15:23

Will she be tested foe allergies? Removing carpets and cleaning soft furnishings can work wonders if it's a dust mite allergy.

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allieBongo · 14/04/2007 15:25

we had a new carpet laid on thursday and the attack happended friday... we also had a new suite a few days before the last attack 2 weeks ago. she will be allergy tested next week hopefully. she is only 2, and it sucks

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SofiaAmes · 14/04/2007 15:34

Probably the chemicals leaching out of the new carpet. Ditto new suite. Pretty awful stuff in some of these. If your child is asthmatic, the best thing you can do for her is get rid of all the carpets in the house and switch to hard floors of any type (wood, laminate, tile, concrete). Also, no smoking in the house or anywhere around her. Avoid perfumes and perfumed soaps.

AbbyLou · 14/04/2007 19:27

I'm asthmatic and I get a bad reaction from things like you mentioned - new carpets, furniture, even the upholstery in my new car set me off! As someone else has said, the very best thing you can do for her is getting rid of all carpets. We've still got some in the house but getting rid of them in the bedrooms has made a great deal of difference. Also, do you hoover her mattress regularly - that helps me a lot. With my ds I was told to put his teddies in the freezer every now and then to kill the dust mites.

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misdee · 14/04/2007 19:32

oh poor love.

is there anyway you can make her oiwn room 'allergy friendly'? dd's room is. i have just let them have curtains but they are the ones that can in the washing machine.

zippitippitoes · 14/04/2007 19:37

sorry meant to say ..i know what a nightmare the asthma is, hope she is better

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 16:05

thanks for all your tips. we spent all of yesterday, last night and most of today in hospital again. they suspect it is down to tree pollen so we will be seeing the allergy specialist this week. i need some sleep and i can't stop crying i've only been to work 2 days out of the last 3 weeks and we are getting into debt now.

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 16:10

oh, and i came out to my car to fnd a traffic warden putting a parking ticket on, even though i had a ward voucher, as i had unwittingly underpaid by 60p. The old bat gave me a lecture, humiliated me, and then told me it was only a warning, so that started the tears, and now i can't stop

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 17:01

and now no-one is talking to me... oh woe is meeeeeee

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Blu · 16/04/2007 17:14

ab, this all sounds very hard - what a bloody miserable time.

DS and I are suffering like mad with allergies atm. My eyes swelled up so much in a park yesterday that i could barely see. REcovered once we moved away form the trees, though. DS has been wheezing in the night and has a permanent chesty cough. Stay away from lime trees, horse chestnuts, sycamores etc etc.

Also - sorry to say this just after you had your new carpet, but DS gets a very bad reaction to my Mums carpet. She hoovers constantly, not a dusty room, it's a good quality wool carpet, and not new, either, but if he rolls on the floor in her front room we are up all night with the wheezing and swelling eyes etc.

Keep indoors, especially in the later afternoon / evenings when the cooling air starts letting the pollen drift back downwards, wash her all over before putting her to bed, including a damp flannel over her hair if you don't wash it, and don't leave her used outdoor clothes in the bedroom.

REally miserable, isn't it?

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 18:44

it is blu, for her especially. thanks for all your advice. so we are better to go out in the mornings then? she has laminate flooring in her room, and a new anti allergy mattress with a cover etc. she just looks so pale and red eyed and is constantly coughing. she has had atrovent also today which seems to be helping, but she is just so hyper with it all. just feeling sorry for myself really. we had such little sleep as they brought a 4 yr old with a broken leg in at 10pm, and a 10 yr old at 2am who had been forced to drink alcohol by her junkie mum so not ideal for rest

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 18:48

have just spotted a sycamore in neighbours garden

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Blu · 16/04/2007 18:53

it sounds bloody awful -the trip t hospital.

I'm not an expert on allergies by any means - but have picked these tips up. Apparantly in the heat the warm air carries the pollen v high in the atmosphere, and then when the air cools it comes back to ground level. In the summer my dad sits indoors with the windows and curtains closed - but that may has as much to do with watching the cricket.

Thos slightly stciky trees do it for me. I have heard that the list i gave are notorious for allergies, and have found that they are the ones i react to. But not much to be done about them, really. At least they have a relatively short flowering season.

WelshBoris · 16/04/2007 19:01

What a gutter Allie

BabyBoris hasn't got any allergies, her asthma is linked to colds so I have no advice.

But lots and lots of love from BabyBoris to BabyBongo x x x x x

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 19:03

cheers love. even the neb did nothing the other day. it was so scary. i'm so fecked off. i am going to eat some of the kids easter eggs when they are in bed

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WelshBoris · 16/04/2007 19:05

I hate hospitals now, really despise them.

A friend of ours has CF, his hospital has given him a new neb so we have his old one. Haven't had to use it yet

I love the summer months because she has fewer attacks but I bet you hate it because of the pollen

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 19:15

yes, it all started that she would have the attacks after a virus or bronchilits. she has been on prednisolone for nearly 3 weeks now, and becotide 100, ventolin and atrovent today. she is bouncing off of the walls and i have to keep her indoors. glad mini is feelig better. how are things with you?

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alibobins · 16/04/2007 19:55

Poor dd hope she is feeling better soon.

Ds seems to be suffering too at the minute but mainly with allergies not his asthma(touch wood) but he is on permenent antibiotics to keep his asthma under control.

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allieBongo · 16/04/2007 20:38

it sucks ali. she is asleep a last. been running around her room for an hour

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allieBongo · 19/04/2007 13:58

dd is on the mend for those lovely mnetters who replied to moi! we are seen the allergy specialist tomorrow so should start to find out why this is happening. I have been bloody house bound since monday and am looking out of the window at the lovely sunny day aaaarrrrgghhhhh. Work have been excellent, i have cut my hours right back, and nursery have taken her off of their books and are refunding my money for when she hasn't been there, as every time i send her there, she ends up in hospital Im confident that they are lovely and look after her, but there is something in the environment there that seems to make her a little worse, and I would prefer to keep her with me so that I can give her the med she needs, when she needs it..

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misdee · 19/04/2007 14:06

oh thats good. dd2 inhaler use has gone from almost hourly after she was dx to just 4 times a day now. am hoping the steroids start to kick in soon and she isnt so wheezy.

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