April Fool's

Forgive me. This is going to be really sad, but I am really sad. I wish I could say this was an April Fool's joke. Ashton and I started out April Fool's Day in the ER at Scottish Rite due to his breathing. In fact at midnight, our nurse said, "Happy April Fool's Day." For over a year now, Ashton has had difficulty with breathing whenever he has colds but he had an episode last Thursday night that was especially scary and we had no idea what caused it. We thought he may have had some trace of milk because he was just playing and instantly started coughing and choking and struggling. He even asked me to help him so as you can imagine, I cannot even describe to you how I felt. Wes and I quickly got his inhaler and Benadryl and it helped thank God but throughout the night he kept breathing too rapidly so we finally woke him up at 11 or so and told him we were going to the doctor. He was so sweet on the way there and just went with the flow not even questioning why we were going in the middle of the night. They took us back quickly and he had a breathing treatment and was doing much better. We left and the next morning, he still wasn't breathing as well as I had hoped so I decided to make an appointment with his allergist. When I described the event to him, he said he definitely has asthma now, or as they call it when kids are too little to do the official test, reactive airway disease. So now he's on chronic meds and doing much better already. The only thing is that they did some more skin testing for environmental allergies and now he's allergic to dogs and horses which are more triggers for his asthma. We are devastated. At first the doctor told me he never tells families to give their dogs away, but the more I described our living situation he felt if there was a way we could find Haley a new home, it would be best for Ashton. Wow, what a shock this was to our little family. We have not talked about this around Ashton and I have been holding back tears while he is awake all weekend. I feel sick to my stomach whenever I left myself think about it at all. We've had Haley for six years and as anyone who has a dog knows, we can't imagine life without her. She's just always there and always experiencing life with us. She's been the best dog anyone could ask for and was our first baby. Please pray with us as we try to find her the best home and pray for Ashton as we try to get his breathing controlled especially with the pollen. I can't write anymore without breaking down so I'll stop...