Allergy Season

I have suffered from allergies since I was very young. Shane really isn't bothered by pollen unless the count is really high.  I had never considered that our daughter Jordyn might suffer from allergies.  Well, apparently she does.  Pretty bad too!  She spent a week with my sister in Idaho and had some difficulties while she was there.  My sister informed me that I might want to take Jordyn in and have her checked out. My sister also said that Jordyn had troubles breathing after running around or climbing stairs.  So, I took her in.  Come to find out she has severe allergies and Restrictive Airway Disease.  Hello!??  I do not win mother of the year??  When I returned to the pharmacy to get her meds, I almost fell out when they told me the total was $92.  We left with a bag of goodies!!  She now has to take Zyrtec, Nasacort, Abuteral and eye drops.  It was tough convincing Jordyn that she had to take all of it everyday and some twice a day.  She is doing good learning how to take them all by herself like a big girl (very important for a 5 year old)!  Already, she is breathing better, the dark circles under her eyes are slowly fading and her eyes aren't nearly as puffy in the morning. Thanks Sis! Now I know why people say it takes a village to raise a child!