It's Snowing Pollen

Forecasters say that a high pollen count for our area is usually around 140. Where we live, currently, the pollen count is at 7,000.

YES, I said 7,000.

That is CRAZY to me. I can't even comprehend a count so high. But, in fact, it does explain all of the sniffly noses and stuffy heads that people are dealing with.

I actually took Tyler and Joshua to the doctors Friday, because they were having those symptoms and with what we have been through this past winter with the two of them (not to mention we're going to the Beach next week and don't want to take sickness with us,) I wanted to get ahead of the problem instead of reacting when it had really gotten bad.

I have to tell all of you that the boys both have been diagnosed with varied extremes of Asthma.
Joshua's is much worse than Ty's, but nonetheless, the pollen has exasperated the situation and thus we now are doing nebulizer treatments three times a day with Joshy and Ty is on an inhaler.

For most people, that diagnosis might be hard to take. I have had a friend of mine say, "Oh, you don't want that for your child." No, she's right, I don't, but at least we know what the problem is and can treat it. This explains why we had such issues of bronchitis all winter long. I am so relieved that Asthma is ALL that it is. I was beginning to get worried and started thinking of worse things that it could be.

Weather forecast for today is scattered thundershowers and then rain tonight. I hope it rains hard enough to get rid of this nasty pollen.