DC had viral induced wheeze, now diagnosed asthma. He can cough for weeks after a virus - keeping him up at night almost vomiting cough. He doesn’t wheeze though. He doesn’t wheeze running around or from the cold. It seems to be when he is exposed to a lot of viruses. I’ve explained this to school several times, put it in writing, spoken to them for their take on how to balance attendance without disrupting class with coughing etc.
I’ve spoken to them about ventilation, donated HEPA filters, increased his preventative medicine. He’s on the school running team, yet still they will put it down to the cold or exercise when this has never triggered symptoms. The HEPAs aren’t switched on. They even kept him inside with the unwell children with fuck knows what mix of viruses all week at breaks when he had no cough or symptoms, which then led to him becoming ill again.
It’s like having a child whose asthma is triggered by running in the cold and sticking them on a treadmill in the freezer and acting surprised. How can I reduce the impact of school on his asthma in an age when there is increasing illness around and huge pressure on others to attend even when unwell?