Reason #120 – I tried to give my son asthma
Reason #120 – I tried to give my son asthma
Dec 02My life isn’t exciting enough, so I decided to liven things up by making sure that C’s already frequent bronchial issues blossom into full blown hardcore asthma.
It’s not like life-threatening asthma runs on both sides of his ancestry.
It’s not like C’s grandma had to take her little kid to the hospital frequently because said little kid couldn’t breathe thanks to asthma attacks.
Nah.
Let me share a bit of info from CostaRica.com:
Humidity values are fairly constant throughout the year. March and April tend to be least humid months at 84%, while the rest of the year experiences averages between 87 and 90%. June, July, November and December are the most humid with values reaching 90% (these are also the rainiest months).
90% humidity.
Ninety. Percent.
Do you know what that means?
It means mold.
This is an image from the inside of our wardrobe, taken this morning towards the end of a 30-hour room sanitising frenzy.
Everything in the room was moldy. Everything.
We emptied the room out completely. I spent 2 whole containers of Lysol wipes scouring every last surface down till it shone. Adi painted the walls with antibacterial paint in a pretty seashell white. I threw out* half of my and C’s old clothes. Ms Lilly washed the curtains. I wiped shoes, toys, furniture. Ms Lilly gathered two large bags of random rubbish. I dusted corners, window frames, nooks and crannies. We rearranged the furniture along better Feng Shui** lines. I put every last toy, onesie and shoe back into place.***
C’s chronic runny nose? Snoring? Night-time coughing? Bad sleeping?
My money says they end tonight.
Now why oh why didn’t I think of this 4 months ago?
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* I didn’t throw them out, obviously – I packed them nicely to give to a friend’s Christmas charity. I wanted to clarify this just in case you thought I was enough of a cow to throw good clothes away.
** Yes I said Feng Shui. Sue me.
*** Actually… that is not entirely true. There is still shit in the front room that needs to find its new place. And I need a hanging organiser. But we’re 95% there.
I just moved from a moldy ass apartment and magically the cough that had lingered past the cold I had months before disappeared. Hmmm. Even my cat seems healthier. Though slightly pissed off he doesn’t have a “sister” anymore….
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ofthesea Reply:
December 4th, 2010 at 9:34 am
C’s runny nose is a lot better. Mine, not so. Hmmm.
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Whoa, that mold is crazy, this summer all 3 of us ended up with lung infections after staying at a cottage that was horribly moldy. Weirdly enough I’m the only one who has asthma and I took the longest to get it. I think those constricted airways worked in my favor.
Friend of mine moved to Singapore and they won’t let foreigners rent apartments without cleaning staff, they figure North Americans will have the places moldy in a week.
Huh. That was a lot of random babble.
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Mold is the devil. I’ll say it again!
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Dr. Nebulizer is our best friend!
Russian child = Orphanage Lungs.
Xoponex. Albuterol. Benadryl.
Thank God for pharmacy companies.
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Vaporizer, humidifier, nebulizer – engage!
It’s like the new Power Rangers.
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Amy in Atlanta Reply:
December 5th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Seriously! DOCTOR NEB…only at Toys R Us.
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ofthesea Reply:
December 5th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Damn, still out of my pitiful Costa Rican reach. But soon! Soon!
I live in ARIZONA… so so so so dry, my skin is always itchy as hell… and you know something? My asthma is a bajillion times worse here than it was when I lived in Orange County, Ca.
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Really? Dam!
But California was OK, yes?
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Wow, it sounds like with asthma you really have a whole lot to be concerned about. I couldn’t imagine having to do that to every room in my house! I kkep my house clean, but sometimes those little cobwebs pop up in a corner of the ceiling from a fan running all day, and that could be a catastrophe for your family..one little cobweb. Cheer up…you are not the worst mom in thw world, it sounds like you are a terrific mommy!
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 am
I’m not a worrier by nature, but the mold situation was SO bad in our room even I was having allergies.
I hate those little cobwebs, but just out of aesthetic reasons. Get a pet gecko to get rid of them!
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Yep, mold is a killer! thats for sure… Heck, my mom swears she caused my bro to get asthma cuz she smoked during her pregnancy w/him… yeah, dumb and SELFISH thing to do..what’s done is done…
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:50 am
A male friend of mine who’s about 1,65 mt tall blames his mom’s smoking for the fact that he is as tall as Tom Cruise.
Smoking = bad in my books.
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Carmela is rethinking her lam plans.
She gets irritable when the dew points get into the 70s…
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ofthesea Reply:
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 am
Oh, but we’re moving to California, remember?
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