had an attack which started about 6pm last night, which seemed to be eased to a decent ish level with inhalers. progressively got worse during the night,, & ended up surrendering around 7am & going to the hospital. had nebs, oxygen, & sats kept an eye on. whats the easiest/nicest way of waking parents up if it happens again? dont like waking them up cause of my asthma, they stress bad enough about it when they're already awake.. i can get ambulance sorted on my own as i have text thing set up on my phone, just dont want to disappear, have no signal & they start throwing a fit as to where i am. anyone got any tips/tricks/whatever for waking them up easily/nicely?
No real answers really but totally empathise, I lovingly call my mum paranoid asthma mum! Have done since I was 12 and still do now. You also probably know this already but if you are too shaky to text you can just ring 999 from a landline an dthey locate you through telephone company and you still go down as a high priority and someone then also stays talking to you which can be quite reassuring, certainly was the first time I used it, but then that was actually pre-mobile mania!!
Hi another paranoid parent here.
Been thinking what to reply to you.
I think there isn't a easy/nice way of waking them up when your your asthma is very bad. Are they not used to it now?, and does it mean so much to you, that you don't stress them. ( sorry my paranoid parent feelings coming out).
My son is only 14 so still needs us loads when he is bad with his asthma. He panics a lot, but obviously you seem very capable and mature in dealing with it.
Maybe try and have a talk with them about this issue, and then you will know what to do next time without stressing them too much. Hope this helps a bit, and you feel better soon.
Shelly
ive only had 2 attacks overnight before so its not something anyone's used to. if my asthmas bad during the day [latest we've had to go to A&E before is around 8pm], mum makes me go get checked over ASAP, GP/walk in centre/out of hours doctors/A&E. dad has issues with drinking & tends to pass out around midnight from it, mums a bad insomniac so waking them up is a bit of an issue. been dealing with asthma for last 4-5yrs[ish] on my own, done the full on mature route with it apart from when i completely fell apart in A&E, 3 admissions, & 2 visits & nebs in 5 days, was sick of the sight of the place.
*sorry if im not making much sense on replies - been awake since about 10am yesterday & its now 11:10pm*
Emma, I'm mum to a 21yr old daughter with chronic, brittle asthma. I don't care what time of day or night it is, if she needs me then she needs me. Usually her just opening my bedroom door is enough to make me stir (though she might need to wallop her dad with a large heavy weight to get a response from him). I'd rather be rudely awoken than wake up and find her gone. Mind you, if you're anything like her you would need someone to open the door for you as she can't manage to walk far or talk when she's really bad.
Have you asked them how they'd like to be woken? They'll probably be the best ones to give you an answer.
you could ask for them to keep their phones on loud by their bedside - this way you dont have to get up, and hopefully they should wake up and come see to you - this could save your breathlessness and not prove quite as 'awkward' in waking them up - that what i do with my dad xx
Dont feel bad about waking your parents up. I know my parents would want to know if I need their help and like you they always make me go and get checked over and will nag me until I go.
Dad works nights so if I got in trouble at night, my mum would wake up by me just opening the door of their room - saying them, I just need to cough and she hears. Ask them and talk to them about your fears.
Not quite the same scenario, my mum has had to wake me up in the early hours of the morning to deal with my dad having a heart attack and this has happened twice. Basically I would rather be woken up in a start and get the medical help needed quickly than leave it than suffer the consequences. When there's a medical emergancy there no gentle way of waking someone up. Like the others have said it would probably be best to talk to your parents and warn them of the possibility of a nightime wake up call because of your asthma.
Let your parents voice their wishes and then make an informed decision. Because the hospital contact next of kin when things go ape shape. Asthma can be tricky so you need all the support you can get.
Gill
I live with my parents and dont like waking up folkes when ill, I wake them up when I know its ambulance time, though they tend to wake up before. They sort out the ambulance and send me off in with my overnight bag and ring in the morning I tend to take fone but I always get kept in.
If i just went anyway they would only worry more, when I used to work if I wasn't home on time they would start ringing round the hospitals so not worth not telling them!
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