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.
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