I originally posted this in Private Carers, however then I realized that is not fair as perhaps her friends who are not carers would like to know how she is doing as well. Additionally, I have a question for the sufferers.

Since returning home from hospital, Evie rested peacefully for a couple of hours, however she was then awakened due to coughing. The coughing is nothing serious. However Evie has worked herself into such a state over it. She feels she has ruined our trip; she is catastrophizing thinking the trip is going to be cancelled and Christmas will be ruined all because of her. This is untrue, the doctor informed us she will be able to travel regardless of this.

I realize this is anxiety on her part, however, she has been crying over it, quite intensely. Crying irritates her lungs and will make her situation worse. Therefore Jim and I have been discouraging her, literally telling her to stop the crying as it hurts her lungs. She can cry again in a couple of days when her lungs have had a rest. She has listened and stopped crying for the most part. However my question is, are we being unreasonable to ask her to not cry? We are only concerned that she not make herself more ill, however it sounds odd to tell her not to cry, as it is also an emotional release for how she is feeling.