lesherd's Journal

Saturday, I was having trouble breathing so we went to the hospital and they sent me to the clinic.  I got 2 breathing treatments and was told it probably was due to the poor air quality with all the fires around the state.  It was suggested that I get a humidifier, and keep my car and house windows closed.  I left dr's to get something to eat and to the store for the humifier.  Was home about an hour or so when it was time to go to sleep.  I couldn't sleep.  The tightness in my chest was worse and I couldn't lay down or anything.  At 12:30 am I woke my husband up to take me to the hospital again.  This time, seen in ER, I was given another breathing tx, and some prednisone.  Well, the prednisone did the trick.  They also did a chest x-ray, it was ok, and some labs to be sure I didn't have a blood clot somewhere, I didn't.  Dr said to use all my meds as prescribed and to use my fast-working inhalers every couple of hours for a while.  I have been ok since.  Still not breathing 100%, but there are no sx of crisis.  Thank God for that.  Went to work this morning and did fine.  I know that I am in the palm of God's hand, but sometimes it seems I go from one health malady to another without much-if any-time in between.  We are trying to get me stablized with the asthma and reduce the steriod inhaler I am taking so we can see if the adrenal insufficiency is due to too much steriod in my body.  At this rate I am not going to be able to do that.  So we still don't have a primary dx for the AS. 

Hope you all are having a good day.  God bless, luv, d