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Aug. 12th, 2002 11:57 amHome this morning - John is not breathing well again. He has taken all his medication and is still lying there gasping. I'm worried - it seems like the meds are getting less and less effective as time goes on; although last time this happened he forgot he had to take two hits of Advair instead of just one because he was using a weaker prescription.
The doctor gave him samples because our insurance stopped covering that particular one. Damn them, anyway. Anytime we find something that works halfway decently, they stop covering it. "Oh this generic thing works just as well or this med does the same thing." Well, it doesn't, or it's a steroid compound that has major side effects.
He just told me he's going to take another round, and if they don't work within 1/2 an hour, we're going to have to go to the emergency room. At least when he goes there, they take him right away, even ahead of heart attacks; when you can't breathe, that's pretty much it. At least he's covered for that. Last time we had to go, several years ago now, when Angus was an infant still, we took of for the nearest one, only to find that the hospital had gone out of business. He about panicked when we found the doors locked, and told me later that as we were speeding to the next nearest, he was trying to say good-bye because he thought he was going to die.
I had to put that visit on my only credit card, and we are still paying it off. Luckily, I had a credit card at the time to put it on, because the hospital was having a special (can you imagine? a special on emergency room service!) that made it half-price.
I hope the meds work this time.
The doctor gave him samples because our insurance stopped covering that particular one. Damn them, anyway. Anytime we find something that works halfway decently, they stop covering it. "Oh this generic thing works just as well or this med does the same thing." Well, it doesn't, or it's a steroid compound that has major side effects.
He just told me he's going to take another round, and if they don't work within 1/2 an hour, we're going to have to go to the emergency room. At least when he goes there, they take him right away, even ahead of heart attacks; when you can't breathe, that's pretty much it. At least he's covered for that. Last time we had to go, several years ago now, when Angus was an infant still, we took of for the nearest one, only to find that the hospital had gone out of business. He about panicked when we found the doors locked, and told me later that as we were speeding to the next nearest, he was trying to say good-bye because he thought he was going to die.
I had to put that visit on my only credit card, and we are still paying it off. Luckily, I had a credit card at the time to put it on, because the hospital was having a special (can you imagine? a special on emergency room service!) that made it half-price.
I hope the meds work this time.
