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jesshartleyThe Valkyrie has bad allergies. They aren't constant, being mostly environmental, but they are frequent and when they get bad she develops a horrible cough - like so bad you can hear her "barking" outside of the school. It's painful, annoying (to her and those around her) and loud enough to disrupt class and get her sent home from school because neither she nor her class/teacher can concentrate.
This bout has been particularly bad. She doesn't respond to allergy meds, at all, and while they're going to start her on allergy immunotherapy shots, that's a long term solution, not a fix to what ails her right now.
We're desperate to do anything we can to help. So, this weekend we're taking the carpet out of her room and putting down laminate flooring. To do the job right (And because the paint/fixtures/shades in there are probably original to the house (circa 1960), we just finished pulling everything out of her room, and are going to paint it all, put up new shades, declutter/organize (a challenge with a 13 year old) as well as getting a hypoallergenic "bed sack" for her mattress, new pillows, etc.
My gods, this is a huge job.
This bout has been particularly bad. She doesn't respond to allergy meds, at all, and while they're going to start her on allergy immunotherapy shots, that's a long term solution, not a fix to what ails her right now.
We're desperate to do anything we can to help. So, this weekend we're taking the carpet out of her room and putting down laminate flooring. To do the job right (And because the paint/fixtures/shades in there are probably original to the house (circa 1960), we just finished pulling everything out of her room, and are going to paint it all, put up new shades, declutter/organize (a challenge with a 13 year old) as well as getting a hypoallergenic "bed sack" for her mattress, new pillows, etc.
My gods, this is a huge job.
