stazmatic
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2008
We were at AK on Tuesday and it was pretty hot and muggy. DD4 has a moderate case of asthma and it she was getting over a cold. I have been treating her with an inhaler and her nebulizer through out the trip. We played in the Boneyard around 10am before it got too hot. Then went to see the first Finding Nemo show. We sat in the back and to the side to try to be away from everyone in case her asthma started acting up.
So, of course, her asthma started acting up. I gave her the inhaler but it wasn't really helping. You can only give one dose of an inhaler every 2 hours. She sat on my lap and coughed/wheezed throughout the show. She wasn't loud, but it was noticeable.
After the show was over an older lady turned around and said, "I hate to say this, but you should have removed her from the show so she wasn't disrupting everyone."
As my mouth fell open I explained that she had asthma, there was nothing else I could do to make her stop coughing, and there were plenty of open seats she could have moved to. I wanted to keep her inside to help her breathing and get out of the sun.
Her husband then jumped in to tell me I should get her medical attention and if she can't stop coughing I should be calling 911 not sitting through a show. He raised 5 kids and he knows what he is talking about. He kept going on about what a bad mother I was.
It got so bad I started to cry and everyone around us was jumping in the conversation. Not only couldn't I make my daughter feel better, but I was getting yelled at by strangers.
So I ask the Disers - what would you have done?
So, of course, her asthma started acting up. I gave her the inhaler but it wasn't really helping. You can only give one dose of an inhaler every 2 hours. She sat on my lap and coughed/wheezed throughout the show. She wasn't loud, but it was noticeable.
After the show was over an older lady turned around and said, "I hate to say this, but you should have removed her from the show so she wasn't disrupting everyone."
As my mouth fell open I explained that she had asthma, there was nothing else I could do to make her stop coughing, and there were plenty of open seats she could have moved to. I wanted to keep her inside to help her breathing and get out of the sun.
Her husband then jumped in to tell me I should get her medical attention and if she can't stop coughing I should be calling 911 not sitting through a show. He raised 5 kids and he knows what he is talking about. He kept going on about what a bad mother I was.
It got so bad I started to cry and everyone around us was jumping in the conversation. Not only couldn't I make my daughter feel better, but I was getting yelled at by strangers.
So I ask the Disers - what would you have done?