A Bad Week

It has taken me a while to write anything. I have had not such a good time as of late.
My son (3years old)seemed to get a bad flu starting last Tuesday. Went to the after hours clinic with him that night as he was unusually ill. Waited 3hours to be told "you just have to let it run its course"
So... I waited, nite after nite, no sleep for him or I (husband on nite shift). Coughing got worse, breathing got worse and I was running out of gas.
It was Saturday night when I finally had enough. He was coughing so bad he could not catch his breathe. He looked at me and asked "Mommy..when can you make me feel better?"
It took everything I had to stay composed, put him in the car and drive like a crazy person to the Stony Plain Emergency.
One hour later, we were called in to the triage rooms. Raymond was asleep from sheer exhaustion and I had tears running down may face(not from crying but from absolute lack of sleep, stress and anger).
The doctor quickly had xrays done, adminstered oxygen, an asthma treatment, eyedrops, etc,
Turns out he had phneumonia, a possible asthma attack, double pink eye and a nosethroat infection.
The doctor and nurse that helped us were fantastic..mostly becasue they listened. I appreciate they are so busy but they cannot begin to know my gratitude for the extra time they gave us.
We left in the morning and I thanked them both.

I missed work, I had not worked out in days, I was run down and felt a complete loss of control.

These blogs are meant to have a sense of hope thru struggles. I refrained from blogging because
I simply had nothing good to say. Frustration and the loss of control were overwhelming.
I am geared up to get things back on track but more importantly I feel I need to educate myself to empower myself.
I think you need to take responsibility for your own health and your familys health. We are all intelligent people that can do our homework and research. Ask questions, know what resources are out there for us. Keep yourself healthy by using basic fundamentals, such as nutrition, excersize, good hygine etc.

Do we trust the health system, education system or the political system blindly?

Coasting in anything is never a good idea, unless your on a skateboard.

Actually, I probably should have blogged earlier, just writing and venting seems to help.