Asthma Hospital: In 1985 I was admitted to National Jewish Hospital/ National Asthma Center (Now National Jewish Health). Here are my medical records from this asthma hospital (summarized):
- Letters from my allergist to my pediatrician (1981-82)
- My acceptance to NJH/NAC
- A list of meds as of Jan 9, 1985
- I was on 7-Goodman from Jan. 9, 1985 to April 12, 1985
- I was on 2-May from April 12, 1985, to July 12, 1985 (Nah, I think I'll hold this one)
- Here are my pulmonary function tests (PFT 101 format)
- My Discharge from National Jewish
- Letter from from my doctor
- My Medicine History
- 1970: The Beginning
- 1976: Asthma terror in the hotel room
- 1979: Ronald McDonald's Teacher
- 1980: A tough evening in a smoke filled room
- 1880: A long agonizing, miserable night with asthma
- 1980: All I wanted was the shot
- 1981: Susphrine: The asthma wonder drug of old
- 1982: An unorthodox hospital experience for me
- 1983: My personal experience with RTs
- 1984: Asthma versus the bully
- 1984: The Asthma Beast struck me down
- 1985: The good-bye party
7-Goodman:
- 1985: My journey to the Asthma Hospital
- 1985: Pediatric Specialist Center
- 1985: Tons of new meds at the Asthma Hospital
- 1985: The flow of 7-Goodman (9/19/13)
- 1985: The first field trip
- 1985: Mom's visit
- 1985: My Introduction to Albuterol
- 1985: The long walk of death
- 1985: Sneaking away from the asthma hospital
- 1985: Asthma Group Sessions (7/18/13)
- 1985: Dr. said: steroids will stunt your growth
2-May: I was a patient from May 15, 1985, to July 15, 1985
- 1985: The horror that was 2-May (part 1)
- 1985: The horror that was 2-May (part 2)
- 1985: The horror that was 2-may (part 3)
- 1985: The horror that was 2-May (part 4)
- 1985: The horror that was 2-May (part 5) or My drug addict room mate
- 1985: The horror that was 2-May (part 6)
- 1985: Julie
- 1985: The flow of 2-May
- 1985: The 2-May Pshchologist Jerk
- 1985: The counselors
- 1985: Summer vacation, or sort of
1985: Warm weather means baseball - 1985: Making the best of it
- 1985: Dad, David and Torrin visit
- 1985: Zane and Grant try to kill me, and dad pulls the plug
- 1985: Happy days while looking forward to discharge
- 1985: A bittersweet end
Better days: I have lived a wonderful life ever since, and I owe a lot of my good fortune to all the wonderful people I met during my stay at NJH/NAC.
- 1986: Epinephrine and oxygen
- 1987: So far so good
- 1988: Off to college and the asthma seems to go away
- 1989: I forgot my theophylline
- 1993: My first visit to ER in many years
- 1997: Another degree, and worse asthma
- 1998: Another hospital admission
- 2000: Asthma sucks, but life is great
- 2000: Crystal and Jordan
- 2003: Callie
- 2004: Advair is the asthma cure
- 2007: The death of theophylline, a lifelong friend
- 2008: Laney
- 2010: Myles
- 2012: The asthma beast returns
- 2015: 30 years later: A look back
Hi Rick,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to reach out because I'm doing research for a start-up that's creating a new network of asthma bloggers, with the goal of improving communications between the healthcare industry and patients on the web. To do this right, we want to get some real-world feedback and have put together a short questionnaire. Would you be open to helping out? It will take 8-10 minutes and can be either e-mail or phone, whichever is best for you.
Thanks,
Janet