Such a simple thing

[gsh]

Pam had been fighting with a case of bronchitus since last week, and while she had these as recurring problems for years, for the past two years the problems had gone away. Mostly due to her seeing a respiratory therapist and getting some steriods and such. However, this case of bronchitus had knocked her on her butt for over a week, and I know Pam was getting quite tired of it. Tuesday evening Pam was feeling well enough to wash the sheets, and she found that our down comforter had apparently sprung a leak, and down feathers had been escaping every where. We put a patch on the comforter, and vacuumed up all the loose feathers and Pam improved about 200%. I wonder we should just replace the whole comforter.

Comments

[red-lynx.livejournal.com]

I have asthma and allergies. Feathers are a mild allergen for me. So, a down comforter definitely wouldn't be good for me.

Given her response, I'd say replace the comforter, no question.

[draakken.livejournal.com]

I'll weigh in on the other side (sort-of) WC is reasonably sensitive to dusts and dander, and the down comforter has no negative effects on her...

However with Pam having a bad reaction, I would replace the down one with a synthetic.

[rdhdsnippet.livejournal.com]

Or just get an allergy cover for it, which is what we have for John's dust mite issues.