Wildfire smoke triggering asthma

 

 

 

 

There's a fire about 15-20 miles away and it's making us really nervous. I'm terrified that the smoke would too close to our house.

We could smell smoke from another fire that's about 100 miles away, but the smoke has drifted up here. The moon looked really pretty last night, but the smoke is unnerving. I made sure all the windows were closed, the air conditioner is on, and the air purifiers are on full blast.

Smoke from a fire about 10 years ago put #2 Son in the hospital with oxygen, IV steroids and a heart monitor. Why the heart monitor? 

 

To give them a little advanced warning because they were worried my son was going to "crash", then he would have been on a ventilator that would breathe for him (life support.)

Because I know how dangerous wildfire smoke can be, any new forest fire makes me VERY nervous. 

 

I was watching the live news casts last night wondering how the people near the fire were doing, especially those with asthma.

If you had to be evacuated from your house and had just minutes to grab a few things, what would you take? 

 

Photo albums? Family jewelry? Paintings? Birth certificates or other documents? 

 

The first thing I would grab is the our nebulizer, vials of albuterol and asthma inhalers. 

 

In fact, I may pack up a few things just in case we are evacuated.