Well the storms lost their bite by the time they got here. We did get lots and lots of heavy rain and some hail, but by then I was pretty much asleep. Or at least I should have been. I got woke up shortly after 2. Three out of four of my babies have asthma. One of them has the type of asthma that produces a lot of coughing. It kind of reminds me of croup. The other two have the type of asthma where one second they are fine, and the next they are struggling for air and if they don't receive immediate treatment, then things get really, really bad,really, really fast.

Once we were at a family function about 30 miles from home, when an attack occurred. At the time, we didn't know how bad my son had asthma, in fact we had thought he had outgrown it since he hadn't had an attack since he was a baby. The other child was on preventives and since she only had problems in early summer and this was in the middle of winter, we had no inhalers. I can remember being in the car on the way home and in a matter of minutes, ds went from an active talkative child to a full blown attack. We had no meds and were at least 45 minutes from the nearest hospital. At that time, we had no cell phones. Dh flew down the highway, literally doing 90-100mph. When we approached the exit to either go home or continue to the hospital which was still many minutes away, and we would have to deal with traffic lights, I knew we wouldn't make it to the hospital, so we went home where I could begin treatment immediately and call the ambulance if need be. Since then there have been a few episodes, none as dramatic because we know his triggers and try to keep them away. It's the reason why kitties and bunnies aren't allowed in our home.

Well the pollen has been extremely high for the last several days. Yesterday, the boy began coughing but it didn't seem like anything serious. We are all fighting allergies. But when he starts coughing we remove all dairy from his diet(another allergy). Mid-afternoon I had to leave to take the youngest to piano, when we returned, ds had already left to hang with his friends. He called to check in and seemed fine. He came home for a minute and seemed fine. Thirty minutes and two ice-cream bars later, he walked into the house and he was in trouble. We did all that we were supposed to. He improved for about an hour. After a few hours of sitting on the fence as to whether or not we should make an ER (I hate ER's) trip, he finally improved enough for us to sleep. Then around 2 all hell broke loose. No we didn't have to go to the ER. Right now he's sleeping. And he's breathing much easier, even if it is somewhat labored. I'll wake him up in a bit and make him take his inhaler. I'm sure we'll have to go to the doctor's office today to get one of their superduper treatments that seem to have that magical touch.

I have a definition paper due Friday. I was kind of pleased to see that the topic is wide-open. I am thinking about writing on romance.

In Lit we are beginning the drama unit. I think it'll be interesting.

I'm trying not to freak completely out with all that I need to do by April 2. I've never missed a deadline, but the task is very daunting. I know I can do it(I've got to keep telling myself that).

On the writing front: I worked on my manuscript as long as I could until the lightning really rolled in, which leaves me with 100 pages left to shine. Then it goes under the bed to get acquainted with all the dust bunnies. AND then I can totally focus on my other projects that I want totally completed before Nationals.

Well back to life,

Renee