We're like Party of five. The ventolin, spacer and mask go everywhere that DS goes. We were fortunate (or unfortunate depending on how you look at it lol) that both myself his father have grown up with asthma. His worst attacks are when he has a cold, its something that we just look out for now. He also has other triggers with all his allergies though.
It is such a scary experience...for you and your DS
My dd (25 months) has severe asthma...she has been hospitalised 7 times since she was 5 mth old...just about all her stays have been a week long. She has been on 60% o2 just to keep reasonable sats.
The scariest one was when she went limp and blue...it was an emergency ambulance ride and an ICU admission.
She is on a permanent steroid preventor and ventolin...she takes it really well with the spacer. She is also put on prednisolone at the first sign of laboured breathing....we keep some in the fridge as part of our asthma plan.
She wheezes most days...particularly in winter but all her attacks have been triggered buy colds...her last one a few months ago was RSV.
Signs to look out for are wheezing (not always present),nasal flair, chest, rib and sternal recessions (pulling in when breathing), tracheal tug (pulling in at base of throat) and lethargy.
The last three being most serious and requiring medical assistance.
At first sign use the ventolin,if it is not working take him to your GP or if you feel it is more serious get him straight to hospital.
Last edited by RainbowBrite; February 6th, 2011 at 05:23 PM.
DS was a lot younger onset but something I just remembered, we had to 'practice' with our face mask and spacer for a while when he wasnt having any trouble otherwise he would try to fight me off to give it to him, now he has no issue with his face being covered with the mask...
Thank you all so much for replying. It really has made me feel so much better to read all your replies, and I feel a bit better informed.
How do you all deal with the overnight fear factor? I mean, they said in hospital that asthma can come on really quickly- I feel like I want to just watch him all night to make sure he is breathing ok. As it is, I have the monitor back on, which I haven't used in a really long time. It did NOT help when I googled this only to read an article about a 5 year old who died in his sleep from an asthma attack....
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It is such a scary experience...for you and your DS
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