<p>Active asthma, and she's headed up to 12000 feet - I think I'll go have a real drink!!!
I hope she's OK</p>
<p>mom60-
Sounds like our kiddos fell off the same apple truck. Sounds like we could both use a double over at the alley. Meet you under the table...</p>
<p>PS- I must admit my own history of ignoring the recovery process. When I was in grad school I had to have some abdominal surgery. (I still have a not-so-pretty scar from hip to hip to show for it). I remember my grandmother taking me for the required "get out of bed and walk" thing the day after the surgery, and she was walking much faster than I. Ok-- fast forward a few days. They let me out of the hospital to recupe at home (my parents house-- I was up in NY at the time). I convince my folks to let me get back to school (nice warm sunny Fla weather, after all, where I can relax and recover). Parents call to see how my flight back went-- and I was outside washing my car. You're right, mom60, girls are no better. Meet you over in the alley...</p>
<p>PS-- hope your dau. is feeling better too!</p>
<p>1sokkermom -- I am going to PM you so we won't hijack the thread.</p>
<p>1sokkermom -- Tried to PM you but you've disabled it. jym is 100%
correct -- it is a bumpy ride. But since my son is out of the house --he goes to school in the Midwest and we are on the East Coast --and almost 23 years old, he takes care of his diabetes himself. I do wish he would test more often, eat healthier and have a roommate instead of living alone in an apartment. When he runs into minor emergencies (broken meter, broken pump with no back up insulin & needles, etc.), he freaks out and agrees we are right to be concerned about him -- but then he goes back to his old routines and habits. My friends who have daughters with diabetes say the girls are a bit better with their diabetes care than the boys but sounds like mom60's experience with her daughter and asthma is up and down. I guess that teens with such health concerns don't want to be or live differently than their other friends. We've pushed him to be involved -- sleepover camp at 10,
6 week hiking/camping summer program, summer program abroad, Band camps, sports -- and not refrain from activitie because of his diabetes but there have been plenty of nights when I haven't slept soundly.</p>
<p>jym626: Your S's lack of acknowledging the recovery process plus the 20-credit schedule is eerily similar to my D with the strep last semester! She had THREE science lab classes plus calculus, plus sick the majority of the semester, plus a very painful, drawn-out breakup with summer romance back at home (at least you don't have that one on top of illness). What an ugly combination. Her last week of classes and finals week was a nightmare and she just about came unglued.</p>
<p>Of course your S doesn't think that he is more susceptible to other illnesses this winter during cold/flu season, or that he is in a weakened state. I'd get more firm about dropping a class now. But then they think they can do it all...</p>
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Active asthma, and she's headed up to 12000 feet - I think I'll go have a real drink!!!
I hope she's OK
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depending on your daughter's particular asthma triggers, she may actually do better in the mountains because the air is cleaner.</p>
<p>bookiemom-
So sorry to hear about your d. You are so right- the situations sound eerily similar! My s. is in a long distance relationship with a summer romance, and while they are still "hot and heavy", I am beginning to suspect that he is starting to grow weary of her being a bit too needy. I am not sure. Maybe I am just putting my feelings on it, because I wasn't too impressed with how she handled things during his illness. She was focused on her feelings and her needs. He spent a lot of time on the phone consoling her because whe was upset, when he had barely enough breath to talk. </p>
<p>Fortunately, the school was a fairly long drop-add period, so my s. plans to sit through the classes again for a little bit until he is sure of which class he wants to drop. He has probably narrowed it down, but the class that will probably get axed is only offered once a year, and it is being taught by a visiting professor who he really likes. I guess it is a good thing that he likes all of his classes this much, but he knows one has to go. He was stretched too thin last semester when he had one less class. He's also in charge of one aspect of a big event that happens on campus this spring, and will need time to carve out time for that as well. Sigh..... it is hard to maintain that delicate balance between wanting to make firmer decisions for him, but I know I can't do that. I will try to gently lead from behind, as it were. Thanks for your suggestions.</p>
<p>jym: Word from above (no, not that far above), the Katrina threads will be back soon for reference. Stay tuned...</p>
<p>Thanks, oh high and mighty CD-</p>
<p>Where will the threads be? I think its great that with the start of second semester, and the return (or not) of many students to their N.O.schools, we'll be able to follow the progress in one place on cc.(maybe, hopefully...)</p>
<p>D corrected me. She was guessing the altitude. It was around 9000 and she isn't sure what it was up at the top of the Gondola.
It was a few months back. She had a visit to the specialist early Dec and the 5 weeks she was home we hounded her to do her meds daily. It has helped. I doubt she is doing them daily at school. I still worry about her but I can only do so much.
jym626 I hope he is at least getting some rest over the 3 day weekend.</p>
<p>Hi mom60-
Glad the stuff with your d. was in the past tense. I am IM'ing my s, who is on line ordering books. He still insists the Dr. told him he could resume all his normal activities. I don't believe that is what he was told. I suspect he was told to start to get back to normal, but to take it easy. He has selective hearing... Grrr..... Males......</p>
<p>Cangel-
Sent you a PM with some of the labs--</p>
<p>Me, too. V. sorry. Our s. is very "medical," always dislocating or cutting something ... had asthma as a child. We worry about him with a whole new set of germs, etc. On the other hand, I got over Lymes after having it for four months without knowing. They have socko immune systems.
BTW Everyone else's S or D seems to want to launch out the door like a rocket. Our s. is going to miss his girlfriend (horribly) and his sibs (horribly) and us (less so). He's grieving, though he won't show it.</p>