Glad you have answers. All of the boys have asthma, 2 have been diagnosed. Ashton hasn't yet. He is a night cougher where the other 2 are illness triggered.
At least you know what it is now hun and can be prepared if she has another attack.
Hon dont feel bad you are a good mum you left when you good at the first instance and got to A&E. The first time anyone has an asthma attack is so scary. The more you panic the worse it feels and tightens in the chest, my heart goes out to you and your little MJ. I defiantely agree colds are a trigger, is she going to be monitored from now on? Also there could have been other triggers she may be allergic to like grass? depends where you went? Can you see you normal GP for monitoring and talk about allergy testing to find out more so it may not happen as fierce? Ventolin is great I use it too only when I have a cold or when I recently moved house (allergic to dust)
Also there is the asthma foundation which they send out info packs they may have some good info for kids.
Please don't feel bad, when you haven't seen it before you don't know what is happeneing and sometimes we don't realise how serious the condition could be.
The illness could have definitely brought it on
We had taken DD to ER on a couple of occassions with breathing issues, but they never left the sats monitor on long enough to actually realise that she was actually in trouble. The third time we went in I thought I was overreacting , she had chest recessions and a tracheal tug, and I even said to DH and DD, it's ok, we will be home in a couple of hours it's nothing major.
When the triage nurse saw us she said to sit down and a nurse would get her OB's then we would go through to ER, when it is her turn, no sooner had I sat down with her, a nurse came out took us straight through to resus we had a Dr, Pead and a couple of Nurses and the starting pumping the venotlin in, her saturations were in the low 80's and when it didn't work she was put straight onto O2, and they said she was being admitted and we would be home for a day or two. 5 days later we went home with a diagnosis on Pneumonits and Chronic mild asthma. After further testing it was revealed she actually had a mroe serious lung condition from either her birth or one of the respitatory infections she received earlier that year. But you can imagine how horrible I felt, and I would hate to think what would have happened if we didn't take her in when we did
I am glad that you have a diagnosis, a plan and you now know what to look for. Take care and you did an awesome job xxoo
Don't beat yourself up too hard. It's often hard to switch out of "mum" mode and into "nurse" mode - when you're trying to think like both, it's easy to miss obvious things, although given her age, and the lack of a family history, asthma probably wouldn't be the most obvious diagnosis.
One thing though - don't beat the children's nurses up too hard about trying to keep your little one asleep when they did the spacer. It is possible to give a spacer to a sleeping child without waking them (I've done it) - they were probably just trying really hard to get you both a bit of uninterrupted sleep.
SJ. How scary for you! And don't be hard on yourself. There are always situations in our profession where we go "Damn that was obvious! Why didn't I pick it up earlier?!"... and you know why? Because hindsight is wonderful. And with the history you described, I would have made a similar diagnosis. And I'm sure that had you prattled off that exact history to the triage nurse, they would have made the same conclusion. Do NOT feel bad. Besides, the reason we see Dr's and Nurses is because they have no EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT to the situation so look at it more objectively. When emotion is involved, we tend to overlook things or miss steps. I repeat, you have no reason to feel bad! You did all the right things, you were comforting her, you were watching and monitoring her, you were keeping an eye on it. She was safe at all times.
Re: the treatment you and poor MJ received over night - GGGGGRRRRR you have to wonder about some people, don't you? I always want to ask them, "would you behave differently if this was YOUR mother, father, brother, sister, child?"
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Poor darling.
, she had chest recessions and a tracheal tug, and I even said to DH and DD, it's ok, we will be home in a couple of hours it's nothing major.
you have to wonder about some people, don't you? I always want to ask them, "would you behave differently if this was YOUR mother, father, brother, sister, child?"
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