Hey, I too live in the great state of Maryland and I gotta say, medical professionals here seem to categorize moms into two camps: the ones that "let it" and paranoiacs. 99.9% of my mom friends have been made to feel badly about some aspect of their medical choices made on behalf of their kid, and that 0.01% is a pediatric nurse. My first kid was born in Hawaii and despite me trying really hard to be a paranoiac, the culture was such that I could not help but turn into a "rub some dirt in that" mom in order to not be declared criminally insane. All this is to say, I'm sorry this happened, my own childhood asthma felt inconsistent, and I personally think you guys handled this like champs
Respy d!!!! Loved this one. I am impressed that you thought to switch the blade. That would have probably ended up being a phone-a-friend moment for me and the friend would have thought of it.
You put to words some of the hardest and loneliest feelings I've had as a mom of a kid with reactive airway - and explain so beautifully. I'm thankful my kid's nebulizer is a pink panda that he loves so much (probably more loves the screen time associated with it, but hey, we take our wins). It is a really surreal thing to bump up against that which we thought we couldn't handle and figure out what we are capable of handling again, if we have to.
Oct 17, 2023·edited Oct 17, 2023Liked by Evie Ebert
I've got a three year old who had his own multiday stay in the hospital because of breathing problems in 2022. It (and the next two, thankfully shorter, ER visits) taught me a lot about what I can handle. When you wrote about being relieved it was only canula, no bipap - been there. Solidarity for the "is this anything" [page turns] "this is an emergency" breathing-related whiplash and everything that comes after. So glad she's ok
Tearing up over here, too, there's so much we cannot control as parents... thank you for the reminder that I have to save myself and that, most of the time, I can. So glad she's OK, I haven't dealt with the hell of childhood asthma, but my kids' multiple febrile seizures feel like they've taken years off my life. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
whatta ride!!!!! laughed aloud at explaining hospital TVs to a child who has every passing whim at her home streaming stick fingertips. my daughter was asthmatic as a baby / double RSV victim and it was so, so scary, i'm so sorry <3
The ending made me tear up. I'm so glad she is okay
Hey, I too live in the great state of Maryland and I gotta say, medical professionals here seem to categorize moms into two camps: the ones that "let it" and paranoiacs. 99.9% of my mom friends have been made to feel badly about some aspect of their medical choices made on behalf of their kid, and that 0.01% is a pediatric nurse. My first kid was born in Hawaii and despite me trying really hard to be a paranoiac, the culture was such that I could not help but turn into a "rub some dirt in that" mom in order to not be declared criminally insane. All this is to say, I'm sorry this happened, my own childhood asthma felt inconsistent, and I personally think you guys handled this like champs
Respy d!!!! Loved this one. I am impressed that you thought to switch the blade. That would have probably ended up being a phone-a-friend moment for me and the friend would have thought of it.
You put to words some of the hardest and loneliest feelings I've had as a mom of a kid with reactive airway - and explain so beautifully. I'm thankful my kid's nebulizer is a pink panda that he loves so much (probably more loves the screen time associated with it, but hey, we take our wins). It is a really surreal thing to bump up against that which we thought we couldn't handle and figure out what we are capable of handling again, if we have to.
I've got a three year old who had his own multiday stay in the hospital because of breathing problems in 2022. It (and the next two, thankfully shorter, ER visits) taught me a lot about what I can handle. When you wrote about being relieved it was only canula, no bipap - been there. Solidarity for the "is this anything" [page turns] "this is an emergency" breathing-related whiplash and everything that comes after. So glad she's ok
This made me cry! "I can handle my life." - Ugh. Sorry you had to go through this, it sounds so terrifying.
"Now, if you know me, you know that my phone was at 7%." I LOL'ed at this one--this is definitely me as well.
So glad she’s fine!! As an adult child asthmatic this sitch it very familiar — the way it would just SNEAK THE FUCK UP. You did great 💗
like Wolverine's claws!
Tearing up over here, too, there's so much we cannot control as parents... thank you for the reminder that I have to save myself and that, most of the time, I can. So glad she's OK, I haven't dealt with the hell of childhood asthma, but my kids' multiple febrile seizures feel like they've taken years off my life. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
whatta ride!!!!! laughed aloud at explaining hospital TVs to a child who has every passing whim at her home streaming stick fingertips. my daughter was asthmatic as a baby / double RSV victim and it was so, so scary, i'm so sorry <3
Made me cry, too. So glad she was well enough to Hulk out!