Lets Talk About Anxiety
The last few weeks have been hard. Oliver has been sick and Its taken its toll. But I want to break it down for the people who just dont get it. Please let me help you to understand. I see your eyes roll when I tell you about my son being sick and how having Down Syndrome and congenital heart disease affects his immune system. And I get it.. Ive said it a million times before and your sick of hearing it. But it terrifies me. But what I dont tell you is I suffer major anxiety each time I hear him cough. I wake up and I can see in his eyes that he is not well, and I instantly feel my stomach turning. Because I know how quickly it can get worse. I sit up awake at night staring at his chest, watching it rise and fall, because I know what It looks like to be in respiratory distress from something as simple as a viral infection. I see the doctor about each and every little thing, because I need the reassurance that its not as bad as I make it out to be in my head. I take him to...