Comments on: Counting Down a Decade of Asthma – No. 10, Letting Expectations Go http://www.theasthmamom.com/2009/12/18/counting-down-a-decade-of-asthma-no-10-let-expectations-go/ Raising a breathless kid, traveling, and other adventures a mile high. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelley http://www.theasthmamom.com/2009/12/18/counting-down-a-decade-of-asthma-no-10-let-expectations-go/comment-page-1/#comment-6521 Kelley Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:33:02 +0000 http://www.theasthmamom.com/?p=981#comment-6521 This is certainly harder to do than one would think, huh? My 6 yr old just had sinus surgery this week, at her asthma dr's insistance, hoping that finally clearing her chronic sinus infections will help us better control her asthma. I think part of me has been hoping that since her asthma was initially triggered (June 08) by a sinus infection, clearing it up finally will "undo" her asthma. I know it will not, and that I need to accept her asthma as a permanent part of her and our life. Thank you for putting this up here because it has made me think about how I often still consider it just a temporary thing that will somehow go away. On another note, I have noticed that since she became ill, that other things that used to freak me out no longer phase me. Family members no longer talking to me because I have been too busy with my daughter, work stress, etc. just don't seem to bother me anymore. All I think about everyday now is how to keep her as healthy as I can. I am grateful for everyday she is ok., and nothing else seems even remotely important by comparison anymore. I was wondering if anyone else has changed like this as well? Her Asthma has definitely changed my perspective on a lot of things. This is certainly harder to do than one would think, huh? My 6 yr old just had sinus surgery this week, at her asthma dr’s insistance, hoping that finally clearing her chronic sinus infections will help us better control her asthma. I think part of me has been hoping that since her asthma was initially triggered (June 08) by a sinus infection, clearing it up finally will “undo” her asthma. I know it will not, and that I need to accept her asthma as a permanent part of her and our life. Thank you for putting this up here because it has made me think about how I often still consider it just a temporary thing that will somehow go away.

On another note, I have noticed that since she became ill, that other things that used to freak me out no longer phase me. Family members no longer talking to me because I have been too busy with my daughter, work stress, etc. just don’t seem to bother me anymore. All I think about everyday now is how to keep her as healthy as I can. I am grateful for everyday she is ok., and nothing else seems even remotely important by comparison anymore. I was wondering if anyone else has changed like this as well? Her Asthma has definitely changed my perspective on a lot of things.

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