We saw the family doctor yesterday and the $250 respiratory machine (a nebuliser) plus gadgets that we had bought 40 hours before was tossed out and we are on to regular puffers, as well as pills... Likelihood is that we will need the nebuliser again later this winter or next, so all is not wasted - and the government paid for 75%.
But the puffer is more portable, so Seb is back at school and the playground today. His teacher's son has asthma, as did Alice our French babysitter, so he is in good hands. Asthma is so prevalent now that there are procedures at school, special story and activity books for young children and 7-12 year olds, etc. The book we were given features a blue elephant that sits on the boy's chest from time to time, so Seb's code is the elephant.
We will be back to the doc after a week and then if all is well, 2 weeks and then a month and then only when needed. But we have charts to fill and some tests to take and lots and lots of monitoring - what are his triggers (besides colds)? what are the early warning signs (before/instead of wheezing) - clear his throat lots, headache, cough.
But he is off and running and so, if anyone has or wants to sponsor his Terry Fox walk, he will be doing it on Thursday, though his swimming lessons are off for another week.
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