That time of year

Well, it's that time of year, the time when we basically need to take out a small loan to take Josh to the allergist and get all these meds he needs to be on to survive and breath these next couple of months. I hate having him on meds...I would much rather a natural way. But, that doesn't work. Been there, tried that. So, a small fortune, hours of time in a small room with a toddler and teenager, four meds later [and others denied], we are home, all medicated up.
It is SO stressful when your child suffers from any health problems. He had been struggling for the past few days and it was agonizing for me. We have been dealing with this since he was two and have spent many weeks in the hospital. I was hoping that he would grow out of it, I did. But, it is to the point now where he will just deal with it and that is sad. He doesn't panic when he can't breathe, he just waits for medicine or finds a way to deal with it, like chewing on ice. There are times when he doesn't even realize how bad off he is and the Dr will tell us his airways are only 50% open...most would be hospitalized at that. But luckily, with the help of the inhalers the Dr called in last night, he did really well today.
Children are enough to give mothers a nervous breakdown when it comes to health issues.

I feel exhausted from our trip this morning. Mostly mentally. Although Madeline was very good...thanks to the Wreck It Ralph videos on youtube. Oh and the fact that they have SO much candy in the office it's ridiculous. Everywhere you turn, there is a huge container of candy. I guess it helps them bribe all the little guys and gals they have to allergy test. Either way, she had 2 lollipops. It made me twitch. I forgot her organic pops and gummies at home. I know that one two artificially flavored, dyed lollipops are not going to kill her. It's just a damn lollipop..and even if I don't buy it, my children will get it somewhere else. It's just all this information we are given about junk food and artificial flavoring and dyes and obesity and hyperactivity and cancers. But that's with everything, right? There are so many unnatural things in our food and we don't even know it....but same as the air and water and soil, right? If I kept thinking about this, I could seriously drive myself insane. So, I have to limit myself to the amount of food research I allow myself to read.

Anyway. After the Dr, we went to see Anthony, who was on route with one of the trash guys....

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Truck was parked.