Patience(As-Sabr) is essential and rewarding when difficulties arise. I had to be patient in understanding my son's condition and accept that its fatal if not treated.Though my son's Asthma is categorized as moderate not severe. Last week's asthma episode was scary.
Nabeel,my 5 year old intelligent handsome boy was very sick recently. He is incredibly active and naughty like any kid his age, but some days are tough for him. He was excited about full-time Kindergarten. Had a wonderful start ,he was quick in learning every classmate's name with spelling and was enjoying his outdoor activities .But seasonal allergies have started kicking in with the change in weather. Was it the seasonal change or unhealthy snacking at school or exposure to germs or irregular exercise routine or his mom's bad decision to stop his daily asthma medicine ?one or all of these could have triggered his worst asthma symptoms. Looked like a bad cold the night before he had the asthma flare-up .Next morning we could not bear the sight of him gasping for breathe and very restless due of lack of oxygen in the body. His quick relief medicine wasn't helping . We had to rush him to the Emergency Room, quick injection of Steroids and oxygen , was assuring that he was in safe hands. He was soon out of danger(Alhamdulillah)! .He is home now after 2 days in hospital.
Nabeel's asthma nearly changed our lives since he was diagnosed with it when he was 4. No doctor tells us to watch for his diet , they just prescribe the medicines. But I learned from health books, diet change is essential along with the medicines to cure a condition like Asthma(or any inflammatory conditions like heart disease,arthritis,allergies and even cancers). I put him on restricted diet with no candies ,processed foods,sugary buttery foods or juices and eating mostly health foods .He does Yoga and some breathing exercises with me to keep active. He absolutely loves ice-cream,candies like any other kid, but sadly , mommy never buys those for him. We almost never eat out, eat mostly home-made food .
Nabeel loves the baked breads , muffins ,goodies i bake besides the spicy Indian food. He is the inspiration for starting this blog about health foods.
Blueberry Almond Banana Muffins is one his favorite muffin he packs for lunch to school.
Asthma can be diagnosed at any age, common in children 3-8 years. Some grow out of it ,which is called childhood asthma. We hope and pray(Inshallah) Nabeel grows out of asthma like most kids do.
Nabeel,my 5 year old intelligent handsome boy was very sick recently. He is incredibly active and naughty like any kid his age, but some days are tough for him. He was excited about full-time Kindergarten. Had a wonderful start ,he was quick in learning every classmate's name with spelling and was enjoying his outdoor activities .But seasonal allergies have started kicking in with the change in weather. Was it the seasonal change or unhealthy snacking at school or exposure to germs or irregular exercise routine or his mom's bad decision to stop his daily asthma medicine ?one or all of these could have triggered his worst asthma symptoms. Looked like a bad cold the night before he had the asthma flare-up .Next morning we could not bear the sight of him gasping for breathe and very restless due of lack of oxygen in the body. His quick relief medicine wasn't helping . We had to rush him to the Emergency Room, quick injection of Steroids and oxygen , was assuring that he was in safe hands. He was soon out of danger(Alhamdulillah)! .He is home now after 2 days in hospital.
Nabeel's asthma nearly changed our lives since he was diagnosed with it when he was 4. No doctor tells us to watch for his diet , they just prescribe the medicines. But I learned from health books, diet change is essential along with the medicines to cure a condition like Asthma(or any inflammatory conditions like heart disease,arthritis,allergies and even cancers). I put him on restricted diet with no candies ,processed foods,sugary buttery foods or juices and eating mostly health foods .He does Yoga and some breathing exercises with me to keep active. He absolutely loves ice-cream,candies like any other kid, but sadly , mommy never buys those for him. We almost never eat out, eat mostly home-made food .
Nabeel loves the baked breads , muffins ,goodies i bake besides the spicy Indian food. He is the inspiration for starting this blog about health foods.
Blueberry Almond Banana Muffins is one his favorite muffin he packs for lunch to school.
Asthma can be diagnosed at any age, common in children 3-8 years. Some grow out of it ,which is called childhood asthma. We hope and pray(Inshallah) Nabeel grows out of asthma like most kids do.
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InshaAllah by your efforts and prayers he will overcome it soon.
May Allah bless Nabeel with good health.Ameen!
if you dont mind u can go through the duas herehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/955314/Duas-and-Cures-From-the-Holy-Quran
I hope you dont mind, I added your link to my new blog at http://healthymuslimah.wordpress.com
I really love it, ma shaa Allah!
Mona , we are also trying alternate treatement of Homeopathy .
Syeda, thanks for the link ,I'll check it out.
Umm Travis ,thanks for adding my link to your blog.
Inhaled steroids which nabeel takes everyday have minimal side effects such as decreased immunity. But prolonged use of oral steroids can have adverse side effects such as osteoporosis or decreased growth rate. Nabeel rarely takes the oral steroids(only in emergencies like the last weeks episode).
May Allah finish your son's asthama problem. I?nsha'allah Khair sis.
Inshallah,let's hope it's childhood asthma and that he outgrows it :)
Take care.God Bless!
The very best to you and Nabeel.
I understand how testing it would be to see your little loved one go thru this at such a young age. May God bless you and your family with all the strength.
Regarding ur comment on my blog for calcium in jowar,then pls note that jowar in itself has about 25 mg calcium per 100of jowarflour,but when it is ate with yogurt /curd,the combination works wonder for calcium intake
Hugs for ur kid,pass on lots of love to him on my behalf
take care
syeda,Umm Travis,Cynthia,Jaishree,
m,Sameera,dershana,anjum,nidhi and alka, for all your caring comments.
This is my first time visiting your blog. Your post is so heart wrenching. God bless ur little son, I hope he outgrows it very soon. I have 2 little ones and know what it's like. My first born had chronic ear infections when she was a baby and the doctors wanted to put in tubes for her. I did a lot of research and found out that chiropractors might help. After finding a recommended one, I did take her there and the infections disappeared. I've heard they do help for asthma too. Also another non-invasive alternate therapy is craniosacral therapy. It's supposed to work really well on kids with out any side effects.
Hope this helps in some way. Take care, God bless.
Namaste'
Courtney
thanks again in taking interest in my blog and leaving your valuable suggestions.
Btw, gr8 job in starting a blog that concentrates on health food. I try to cook healthy food for my boys too and we eat out less. I'll keep checking your blog for healthy recipes :)
I know how it must have been for you. I was an asthama patient and was hospitalised at the age of six months. We tried out a lot of medications and finally my parents enrolled me for swimming when i was in 1st Std. From then we have never looked back. Now I dont have asthama problem at all. I am sure your son too will grow out of it :) Take care and hugs to you both
My elder one is 9 years old and we went through this from 1 1/2 years. He was on Albuterol spray, Nasonex, Zyrtec for allergies, Cingular everything and even then the change in seasons like Spring, towards fall will be dreadful for us. Literally foam will be coming from his mouth as his nose will be completely blocked and i have cried several nights. We met a God sent Doctor and he asked us to check us couple of things and with few supplements he did much better this winter with any of those medicine i mentioned before. Mine was deficient in Magnesium and when they are they get childhood asthma. Now he is on the following supplements
1) Magnesium
2) Vitamin D for increased immunity as he was low and will have cold, cought for 10 months a year resulting in fluid build up in his ears.
3) Omega 3/6 we go for CHia seeds - 6 tbsp a day as we went for a vegetarian source.
Do more reasearch about Magnesium deficiency and check with your doctor also.
Sadhana