Emily
04-07-2008, 06:41 AM
this is just a section of my health hardship. It's a rough draft obviously so it is rough around the edges:)
I was diagnosed with Asthma as a child, and have suffered attacks my entire life. I cannot be in extreme heat or I will have a severe asthma attack. I was born in Oregon, and live in Washington state, a part of the country that is considered the Pacific Northwest. A state that has a very cool climate with lots of rain, and little sun. It is not possible for me to live in a climate of extreme heat because of my Asthma. If I were to be forced to live in Mexico I would need to live near a hospital at all times because I could not rely on prescription medication alone; I would need regular breathing treatments so I could stay alive. I currently take 2 medications for my Asthma. I take Albuterol Sulfate, an inhalation aerosol 4 times a day to keep me breathing regularily. I also take Beclomethasone Dipropionate, another inhalation aerosol that I take 2 times a day to keep me from having an asthma attack. If I do not take these medications I could not breath regularily, and would need to be hospitalized. Because of my asthma if I were to live in Mexico I would not be able to work, go to school, go to the park, or partake in any outside activities. I would not be able to walk my children to school, go grocery shoppping, or even go swimming. I would basically have to live my entire life indoors away from the heat at all times or I would become overheated, and suffer an asthma attack. Because I could not work my family would have to relly only on my husband income. We would not have money for food, or neccesarry things to live a basic lifestyle. If I had an asthma attack we would not have enough money to take me to the hospital. It is imparitive that I live in a climate that is cool, with a consitant low heat. Unfortuntly, Mexico is just too hot of a place for me to live a fuctioning lifestlye.
I was diagnosed with Asthma as a child, and have suffered attacks my entire life. I cannot be in extreme heat or I will have a severe asthma attack. I was born in Oregon, and live in Washington state, a part of the country that is considered the Pacific Northwest. A state that has a very cool climate with lots of rain, and little sun. It is not possible for me to live in a climate of extreme heat because of my Asthma. If I were to be forced to live in Mexico I would need to live near a hospital at all times because I could not rely on prescription medication alone; I would need regular breathing treatments so I could stay alive. I currently take 2 medications for my Asthma. I take Albuterol Sulfate, an inhalation aerosol 4 times a day to keep me breathing regularily. I also take Beclomethasone Dipropionate, another inhalation aerosol that I take 2 times a day to keep me from having an asthma attack. If I do not take these medications I could not breath regularily, and would need to be hospitalized. Because of my asthma if I were to live in Mexico I would not be able to work, go to school, go to the park, or partake in any outside activities. I would not be able to walk my children to school, go grocery shoppping, or even go swimming. I would basically have to live my entire life indoors away from the heat at all times or I would become overheated, and suffer an asthma attack. Because I could not work my family would have to relly only on my husband income. We would not have money for food, or neccesarry things to live a basic lifestyle. If I had an asthma attack we would not have enough money to take me to the hospital. It is imparitive that I live in a climate that is cool, with a consitant low heat. Unfortuntly, Mexico is just too hot of a place for me to live a fuctioning lifestlye.