As I listened to Kyle cough away last night - counting the time between coughs - I had to reflect on the fact that even with all the experience we have with dealing with Asthma emergencies with children, it’s never cut-and-dried.  The 9 years we lived through emergencies with Melyssa were nowhere near as critical and panic-inducing as the 7 years ( Read more... )

As a kid growing up, I had a lot of pets. I think I can remember something like 5 dogs, dozens of cats, and various birds, hamsters, fish. I would mourn when they “disappeared” but we were never without furry companionship for long. Outside of a few that were lost to accidents (traffic) or illnesses, many simply were not there from one day to the ( Read more... )

I've been holding back on writing about Kyle's recent asthma attack mainly because it was still just a little too fresh... Not to say that his past attacks have been "expected" but this one really took us by surprise. It happened this past weekend while he was up north visiting his great grandmother. Now, it's definitely not the first time he's ( Read more... )

To follow up (finally) on the post from October 12th, Casey responded to the medication REALLY well. We've done a heck of a lot of research on dogs and herniated discs and what can be done to treat them (outside of surgery). The one point that came up was Acupuncture ( Read more... )

I sure can't say that these last few weeks haven't flown by because that would be lying. It's kept me away from here which is unfortunate because when the time comes to summarize it (for posterity) pieces of info get lost! Anyhow... here we go ( Read more... )

Yesterday, during the day-long Thanksgiving preparation, Casey suddenly yelps in pain and then limps away to hide in a corner. We're all concerned and wondering what the heck happened because she hadn't had any kind of injury or been in a situation where she could have been hurt. Thinking it may have been some kind of "regular" paw injury (ie; ( Read more... )

The Grey's Anatomy premiere is this week. What with getting the last season on DVD last week, we've been going through a mini-marathon in order to get ready for it. Not that we don't remember what happened, but more as a means of getting hyped for it. We're fans, what can you do ( Read more... )

I don't remember. I don't remember the last time I posted. Yes, of course it's easy to check, but still ( Read more... )

It happened again. Wed overnight Kyle had been coughing quite a bit. Charlize was, too, so I thought it was everyone fighting off the same cold again. In the morning, he wasn't wheezing but to play it safe I gave him his pumps and some cough syrup. He was as active as usual and off to daycare they both went ( Read more... )

well, here's a story I never expected to write ( Read more... )