Better sleeping

[marydell]

Charlie slept well last night, except for a bad dream at 4 am, from which I was able to rouse him and then settle him again without a problem. However, we prefer to have no bad dreams, at least not medically induced ones, and he still got up a little earlier than he should have, considering that he must have been wiped out from the previous night's shenanigans. So for this morning's dose of Singulair I gave him half a pill instead of a whole one, and We Shall See.  Hopefully we will not go back to having everyone's sleep disurbed by coughing and barfing, as is the case when his asthma is acting up.

On the plus side, his behavior has been so consistent lately that we have dared to engage our teenaged neighbor to come over and babysit him on Saturday, after several months of not daring because we didn't want him to go all slappy on her.   I will be out and Mike will mostly hang around the house and get some things done while Charlie & neighbor get reacquainted.  If it goes well, next time we'll both go out, togther, like a couple of childfree hedonists! 

Comments

[anne]

Tentative Win FTW?

[marydell]

I am hopeful! We're in much better shape than we were a month ago. We have 2 medications that will decisively stop the asthma train from getting underway, but they both have problematic side effects. That's way better than being stuck with just rescue meds. And none of the current medications make him aggressive, which means we can come out of the bunker, even while we're working on gtting the right med balance.

Speaking of bunkers, I have missed a few updates so I don't know how long you're planning to be in Indy. If you're going to be there for a while, is a weekend side trip an option, if a person were to pick you up at the train, for instance, and put you up in a smoke-free house full of HEPA filters?

[anne]

Alas, no--I'm going home Sun, and not a moment too soon. This was a caretaking trip only, not a fun one.

[marydell]

Ah, gotcha. Well, one of these days (worldcon 2012 at any rate) we'll get you out here.

[trinker]

Fingers crossed.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

omg

Here's to hedonism!

[unhappytriad.livejournal.com]

Yay asthma control! Yay babysitter!