Today, my eldest son’s school nurse called me up and informed me that I needed to bring him to the doctor since she can hear a lot of wheezing from his chest, and he was coughing unstoppably. Upon hearing these,  I had to inform my workmates that I needed to take a few hours off from work to bring Lean Raphael to a pulmonologist ASAP.  He has been coughing for days now and only had carbocisteine and cough expectorant to relieve him plus the eucalyptus oil massage that we apply on his chest and back. Today, it developed into a bad asthma attack. Ughh. It must be the dust and smoke that got the best of him and his tired lungs, even if he nebulized himself this morning. Ok, so, what struck me most during our consultation with the accommodating lady doctor, was when she mentioned that my son needed to take some […]

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