Brave

From the time she was tiny, Madison has always struggled when she's sick. Every time she picks up a common cold or a simple stuffy nose, everything heads straight to her lungs and she ends up with wheezy, raspy breathing. She started Albuterol breathing treatments when she was about six months old and has continued them ever since.

When we first started the breathing treatments with her, she wasn't exactly a huge fan of them. That could be the understatement of the year! We used to have to hold her poor, sick body down and force her to keep the mask over her face. Yuck.

Today, we realized how big and independent our youngest is becoming. Today, when I realized that she was wheezing, I pulled out the breathing treatment machine and heard Maddie's sweet voice say, "I not cry about it Mama!". And she surely did NOT cry about it. In fact, Madison wanted to hold the mask to her face all by herself, which she did throughout her entire treatment.


My sweet, brave girl.