devastation

[Guest guest]

Right now I am completely devastated. I am not sharing this to scare

or upset anyone. I am sharing this because this IS the reality of

Asthma. My daughters best friend passed away early this

morning. He was an asthmatic person. This past Sunday thru Tuesday

he was hospitalized from an exacerbation. Last night when my

daughter spoke to him at 10pm he reported his breathing was good and

that he had just used his inhaler. At 1am her friend woke his father

with Chest pain and wheezing. They rushed him to the ER and as they

got in the door he collapsed! They were unable to revive him! He

was just a young 20 year old kid! I am devastated that my daughter

is so hurt and upset..and I am more devastated that I have a son with

severe asthma and not to long ago, I was the one that found my son on

the floor, blue and not breathing when he himself collapsed from an

Asthma attack! Two days ago at my other son's soccer practice one

of the teachers from the public school was there. She told me how a

1st grader died right there in the playground last year from an

asthma attack! I live in fear for what will happen with my son

every second of every single day! I quit my career as an RN to be

home with him and began homeschooling him so I wouldnt be one of

those parents that gets that awful call!

And now with this...I am shaking..I am devastated..I am fearful! It

just breaks my heart! And what really sucks, is that I have no

control over any of it And I dont know how to help any of it!!!

Thanks for listening to me

Ginger