Not all wheezing is a result of asthma. Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) causes wheezing too, and because it sounds similar to asthma, it may go undiagnosed. A few weeks ago Steve got a cold. I got it next, but mine was over with in a few days. Steve’s went into his chest, and then he [...]
A side effect of Steve’s stroke was breathing difficulty. It wasn’t anything that could be treated with a pill. While he was in the nursing home he got instant relief from the labored breathing on two occasions when Krista, a substitute physical therapist, worked on him. She was just filling in and commuted from another city, but she had [...]
For the last several nights Steve has been coughing and wheezing so severely that he can’t sleep, and neither can I. He saw the doctor this past Friday and she prescribed an antibiotic for a chest infection, but no inhaler for the asthma-like breathing. This shortness of breath is new since the seizure. In spite [...]
Last week we returned the hospital bed. Praise God that we don’t need that any more!! The wheelchair now stays in the garage and Steve uses it only outside. We don’t need the ramp to the front door any more either, but because it’s so heavy to move, we’ll just leave it there in case we get [...]
Now that Steve only has therapy twice a week at the CP Aquatic Center, the responsibility lies on me to help him with physical and occupational therapy at home. The therapists at the hospital gave us a therapy program to follow, but it takes a lot of diligence, and it’s very strenuous on my hands. But I [...]
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