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Archive for October, 2009
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H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Oct. 30
ABC News Delves Deeper into CDC H1N1 Map After surveying 60 hospitals, ABC describes some possible state-by-state trends to provide a more detailed profile of swine flu cases across the country. Peramivir Treatment for Severe H1N1 Flu Technically, this CDC Q & A is for health care providers, but reading it may help give you a little reassurance [...] -
Something About all this White Just Doesn’t Scream Halloween to Me
Looks sort of like Christmas here in Denver, doesn’t it? Is there anything worse than 2-3 feet of beautiful, fresh powdery snow in your backyard, and you’re stuck inside while your older sister gets to spend the morning building forts and tunnels? The Sidekick certainly didn’t think so, and although she still has some lingering congestion and [...] -
Halloween Snow and DIY Facepaint
It’s Halloween this Saturday, and you know what means: Time for the traditional October blizzard. Apparently. Living in Colorado after 20 years in Florida is an education everyday, I tell you. This was my backyard at noon today, and the snow has piled even higher since then. Actually and according to the local news, this is early winter weather [...] -
Tuesdays Are Your Turn – School During a Pandemic?
This one comes straight from yesterday’s comments: My 4 year old son was diagnosed with Asthma last March. We are still new to managing Asthma. He is on a daily inhaler and we of course have the rescue inhaler. To date, he has no problems until he gets a respiratory virus and then it takes a [...] -
H1N1 & the Asthma Mom Household, Take II
Over the weekend, I had this one post all planned out in my head. In it, I’d write about October being the 2-year anniversary of the Asthma Mom site and how we’re redesigning and updating for the occasion and maybe even a little on the evolution of Asthma Mom over the past two years Until the [...] -
It’s Not You, It’s Me
We’re changing a little of the design and a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at Asthma Mom, so if things look a little weird, don’t worry. The site will return to normal working order Monday morning soon, and all content will remain available in the meantime. -
Swine Flu Update – Week Ending Oct. 23
H1N1 Cases in England Double in One Week If there were any doubt left about how contagious this strain is: Last week = 27,000 cases This week = 53,000 cases CDC Calls H1N1 a “Disease of the Young” New CDC research from Sept. 1 through Oct. 10 shows that of the swine flu fatalities studied during [...] -
Tuesdays Are Your Turn – Coughing, Coughing, Dear God the COUGHING
It’s impossible, I think, to overstate the impact that asthma cough fests can have on your (read: my) emotional state. Friends and family that never see the worst of a child’s respiratory problems, that can’t join in at 2:00 in the morning for breathing treatments during the rough times, that never hear the hacking that [...] -
Cleaning House
Not literally, though. I have no plans to clean my actual, literal house anytime soon. By *house* I mean *this blog,* which will go through some minor renovations next weekend. Most of the work involves background stuff you’ll never see, but some of the visible design and a little of the navigation (though not much) will [...] -
Swine Flu Update – Week Ending Oct. 16
Mythbusters: Swine Flu Edition! Read number four carefully because it makes an important distinction between face masks on H1N1 patients and the rest of the population. If You’re Young and Female, You May Have a Higher Risk of Severe H1N1 Here’s the scary summary of new Canadian research on swine flu patients: 168 people with H1N1 entered ICU’s. 67% of [...]
